Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Study, Part 3: Compliance with Duty Hour Standards

• 83.6% of interns in violation of standards
  • 85.4% of programs; 90.8% of hospitals
• 44.0 % of all intern-months in violation
  • 61.5% of inpatient intern-months in violation

Landrigan C.P., et al. JAMA 2006;296:1063-1070