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Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ


Background

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  • ACGME mandated limits on resident work hours, effective July 2003
    • 80-hour average limit
    • 30-hour limit on continuous shifts
  • Concerns that reduced continuity of care and/or increases in patient load might offset benefit from reducing resident fatigue

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