Family suite: An innovative method to provide inexpensive postpartum care

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 65-69

  Parsons, Michael T ^a   Mahoney, Claudia ^b   Weathers, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Extended stay; Maternal; Neonate; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; NURSING STAFF; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW;

EID: 0032719022     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004010-199910000-00008     Document Type: Review

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