The Politics of "Drive-Through Deliveries": Putting Early Postpartum Discharge on the Legislative Agenda

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-202

  Declercq, Eugene ^a   Simmes, Diana ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; POLITICS; POSTNATAL CARE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLITICS; POSTNATAL CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030632703     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00051     Document Type: Article

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