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A July Spike in Fatal Medication Errors: A Possible Effect of New Medical Residents

BACKGROUND: Each July thousands begin medical residencies and acquire increased responsibility for patient care. Many have suggested that these new medical residents may produce errors and worsen patient outcomes—the so-called “July Effect;” however, we have found no U.S. evidence documenting this e...

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Autores principales: Phillips, David P., Barker, Gwendolyn E. C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20512532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1356-3