Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Over time, residents in the "Reduced Hours" programs said that workhour pressures causing mistakes were reduced

Bar graph showing data about "Reduced Hours -- One-Year Change In % Saying Each Was Cause of Mistakes"

The graph shows a year-year difference of p<.05, and the difference in difference of p<.05. The data is as follows:

Notes:

residents working too many hours
poor handoffs by residents
carrying or admitting too many patients
inadequate supervision
cross covering too many patients