Table 2

The incidence of resident physician-reported adverse safety outcomes before and after the 16 hours 2011 ACGME work-hour limit

2002–20072014–2017Incidence
rate
ratio
P value
MonthsOutcomesRate per person-yearMonthsOutcomesRate per person-year
Attentional failures30 15512 7775.08547 94613 7993.4540.67<0.001
Medical errors30 15510 6604.24247 94614 5063.6310.86<0.001
 Fatigue-related30 15563902.54347 94687192.1820.860.001
 Non-fatigue-related30 15542701.69947 94657871.4480.850.007
PAE30 1557800.31047 9468930.2240.72<0.001
 Fatigue-related30 1553540.14147 9464350.1090.770.002
 Non-fatigue-related30 1554260.17047 9464580.1150.68<0.001
Fatal PAE30 1551710.06847 9461030.0260.38<0.001
 Fatigue-related30 1551060.01047 946580.0040.400.02
 Non-fatigue-related30 155650.01047 946450.0050.51<0.001
  • P values were obtained from generalised log-linear regression models. Created by the authors.

  • ACGME, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; PAE, preventable adverse event.