Debunking the 'July Effect': Surgery Date Has Little Impact on Outcome

The "July Effect" - the notion that the influx of new residents and fellows at teaching hospitals each July makes that the worse time of year to be a patient - seems to be a myth, according to new Mayo Clinic research that examined nearly 1 million hospitalizations for patients undergoing spine surgery from 2001 to 2008.
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