The Effects of Scheduled Intern Rotation on the Cost and Quality of Teaching Hospital Care.

Rich, Eugene C.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ494063

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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The Effects of Scheduled Intern Rotation on the Cost and Quality of Teaching Hospital Care.

Rich, Eugene C.; And Others

Evaluation and the Health Professions, v17 n3 p259-72 Sep 1994

The effects of scheduled intern rotations on the cost and quality of inpatient care at a teaching hospital were studied for 1,705 rotation patients and 3,141 no-rotation patients. Systematic discontinuity of scheduled rotations may be a source of increased health care costs at teaching hospitals. (SLD)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Graduate Medical Students, Health Care Costs, Medical Education, Medical Services, Patients, Quality Control, Regression (Statistics), Teaching Hospitals

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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