Work like a Doc: A comparison of regulations on residents' working hours in 14 high-income countries

Rina Maoz Breuer, Ruth Waitzberg, Adin Breuer, Peter Cram, Lucie Bryndova, Gemma A. Williams, Kaija Kasekamp, Ilmo Keskimaki, Liina-Kaisa Tynkkynen, Verena van Ginneken, Eszter Kovács, Sara Burke, Domhnall McGlacken-Byrne, Carol Norton, Barbara Whiston, Daiga Behmane, Ieva Grike, Ronald Batenburg, Tit Albreh, Rade Pribakovic, Enrique Bernal-Delgado, Francisco Estupiñan-Romero, Ester Angulo-Pueyo and Adam J. Rose

Health Policy, 2023, vol. 130, issue C

Abstract: Medical residents work long, continuous hours. Working in conditions of extreme fatigue has adverse effects on the quality and safety of care, and on residents' quality of life. Many countries have attempted to regulate residents’ work hours.

Keywords: Medical residents; Work hours; Nightshifts; Cross-country analysis; EWTD; ACGME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104753

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