[See post below] The battle of the studies--"Dueling Banjos," anyone?--a[nother] study published in JAMA shows that cutting back on the brutal hours residents used to put in hasn't made a difference in the care Medicare patients get.
Death rates among elderly U.S. patients have shown little change since the long hours worked by doctors in training were cut in 2003
The story's on AP (you'll probably have to register).
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