Work-hour tradeoffs ▣Longer work-hours Fatigue may impair physicians'cognitive abilities and in turn may affect patient health Shorter work-hours Requires more hand-offs by physicians and thus greater chance for error Empirical question which effect dominates Bhattacharya,Hyde and Tu-HealthEconomicsBhattacharya, Hyde and Tu – Health Economics Work-hour tradeoffs  Longer work-hours  Fatigue may impair physicians’ cognitive abilities and in turn may affect patient health  Shorter work-hours  Requires more hand-offs by physicians and thus greater chance for error  Empirical question which effect dominates