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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Serv Res. 2012 Aug 2;48(2 0 1):476–498. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01453.x

Figure 2. Unadjusted trends in Mortality for Surgical Admissions by Hospital Financial Health Quartile.

Figure 2

The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education duty hour regulations were implemented on July 1, 2003. Pre-reform year 3 (Pre-3) included academic year 2000–2001 (July 1, 2000, to June 30, 2001); pre-reform year 2 (Pre-2), academic year 2001–2002; pre-reform year 1 (Pre-1), academic year 2002–2003; post-reform year 1 (Post-1), academic year 2003–2004; and post-reform year 2 (Post-2), academic year 2004–2005. No significant divergence was found in the degree to which mortality changed from pre-reform year 1 to either post-reform year any group. Significance levels assess whether trend from pre-reform year 1 to post-reform years 1 and 2, respectively, differed for less vs. more financially healthy hospitals.