When policy meets reality: the new 18-hour on-call shift policy and the Israeli anesthesia workforce crisis.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthics approval for this study was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO-0153-21). All methods were performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The provision of data by the Anesthesiology Department Chairs was considered tacit informed consent. Consent for publicationNot applicable Competing interestsNone of the authors have competing interests. SF is Chair of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists. Competing interests None of the authors have competing interests. SF is Chair of the Israel Society of Anesthesiologists."

"Funding This study was funded in part by a grant from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (380/2021)."