Study Eases Fears That Capping Hours For Doctors In Training Has Ill-Effect On Patients

Physicians who trained before the 2003 limits on work hours typically logged about 100 hours a week. When that was capped at 80 hours a week, some worried it wouldn't be enough to properly train the doctors. But a new study finds that there were no difference in hospital deaths, readmissions or costs from the change.

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