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45. Why Is July a Bad Month to Visit the Hospital?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Impact of the July Turnover on Hospital Operations

In medicine, it amounts to about 110 thousand doctors across the country changing positions all at once. The impact of this turnover on variables such as the length of stay in the hospital or mor lity of the patient begin earlier than july or even june. Rob huckman: "That becomes a point of vulnerability for an organization if they don't have the appropriate back stop measures"

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