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Comment
. 2019 Jun 13;380(24):2379-2380.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1905064.

Patient Safety under Flexible and Standard Duty-Hour Rules

Christopher P Landrigan  1 , Charles A Czeisler  2
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Patient Safety under Flexible and Standard Duty-Hour Rules

Christopher P Landrigan et al. N Engl J Med. .
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  • Patient Safety Outcomes under Flexible and Standard Resident Duty-Hour Rules.
    Silber JH, Bellini LM, Shea JA, Desai SV, Dinges DF, Basner M, Even-Shoshan O, Hill AS, Hochman LL, Katz JT, Ross RN, Shade DM, Small DS, Sternberg AL, Tonascia J, Volpp KG, Asch DA; iCOMPARE Research Group. Silber JH, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Mar 7;380(10):905-914. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1810642. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 30855740 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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