Limiting Work Hours for Medical Residents Could Be Costly

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Yet, there are also risks associated with handing off patients from one doctor to another. And no research has definitively shown which concern outweighs the other.

"There is no good data to show what almost everyone believes to be true. All things being equal, it's better to have a doctor that is not falling asleep in front of you or who is so groggy they are unable to think clearly," Wu said.

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Read more about the Institute of Medicine report on resident hours.

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