Background: It is commonly believed that the quality of health care decreases during trainee
changeovers at the end of the academic year. Purpose: To systematically review studies …

The phenomenon of group turnover has generated substantial yet disconnected scholarly
interests. Despite valuable insights gained from the collective turnover literature as well as …

Background There is a commonly held assumption that early August is an unsafe period to
be admitted to hospital in England, as newly qualified doctors start work in NHS hospitals on …

Physicians play a major role in determining the cost and quality of healthcare, yet estimates
of these effects can be confounded by patient sorting. This paper considers a natural …

BACKGROUND: Surgical care is delivered around the clock. Elective cases within the
Veterans Affairs health system starting after 4 pm appear to have an elevated risk of …

Objectives: Efforts to mitigate unexpected problems during transition of an active emergency
department (ED) to a new physical plant are imperative to ensure effective health care …

We estimate turnover costs in small retail sales teams using daily sales data and an
advance notice requirement to address endogeneity concerns. In addition to short-staffing …

This paper contributes to research on quality drivers in healthcare settings by examining the
relationships between patient volume, teaching mission, and process quality in US …

Background—Studies of whether inpatient mortality in US teaching hospitals rises in July as
a result of organizational disruption and relative inexperience of new physicians (July effect) …

I study team decisions among physician trainees. Exploiting a discontinuity in team roles
across trainee tenure, I find evidence that teams alter decision-making, concentrating …