Association of the 2017 ACGME US Resident Duty Hour Policy Change With Hospital Quality and Patient Experience.

ABSTRACT: Background In 2017, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) updated select US residency duty hour requirements to improve continuity of care and resident education. It is unknown if this policy change affected hospital quality of care and patient experience. Objective To evaluate the association of the 2017 duty hour policy change with hospital quality and patient experience in teaching vs nonteaching hospitals. Methods In this observational difference-in-differences (DiD) study, hospital quality (patient outcomes) and patient experience metrics were obtained from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Compare data from before (July 1, 2014-June 30, 2016) and after (July 1, 2017-June 30, 2019) the 2017 policy change in teaching an

SUBMITTER: Hunt ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12360231 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature