Working hours, physician health, and quality of care: Lessons from young doctors’ deaths in Indonesia

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Excessive working hours severely compromise physician health and the quality of care, as highlighted by the deaths of young doctors in Indonesia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Muhammad Ali Adriansyah; Diana; Winastanto Wibowo; Aryanti Situmorang; Raup Padillah

doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzag127

August 31, 2026International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Working hours, physician health, and quality of care: Lessons from young doctors’ deaths in Indonesia

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Key Points

To examine how excessive duty hours affect junior physician health, mortality risks, and the overall quality of clinical care.
Review and contextual analysis of reported deaths and severe health crises among early-career medical doctors in Indonesia.
Evaluation of institutional duty hour structures, occupational stress factors, and their downstream implications for patient safety.
Prolonged shift lengths and chronic sleep deprivation directly correlate with severe physical and mental health deterioration among resident physicians.
Systemic workload strains compromise clinical decision-making, increasing risks to both provider well-being and healthcare delivery standards.

Implication

Qualitative analysis highlights the impact of excessive working hours on clinician mortality and patient care among resident physicians, indicating urgent systemic reforms.

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Muhammad Ali Adriansyah, Diana, Winastanto Wibowo, Aryanti Situmorang, Raup Padillah; Working hours, physician health, and quality of care: Lessons from yo

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Adriansyah et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6db5 https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzag127

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Working hours, physician health, and quality of care: Lessons from young doctors’ deaths in Indonesia

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Working hours, physician health, and quality of care: Lessons from young doctors’ deaths in Indonesia

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