24-hour mother-infant discharge with a follow-up home health visit: Results in a selected medicaid population

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 544-548

  Brumfield, Cynthia G ^a,b   Nelson, Kathleen G ^a   Stotser, Deborah ^a   Yarbaugh, Deborah ^a   Patterson, Pamela ^a   Sprayberry, Norma K ^a  

^a Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0029816065     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-7844(96)00267-0     Document Type: Article

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