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High hospital house staff workload associated with worse patient outcomes

A heavier workload for hospital residents on patient admission days was associated with increased length of hospital stay, total costs and risk of inpatient death, according to a report in the January 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

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