Postpartum Follow-up Care in a Hospital-based Clinic: An Update on an Expanded Program

Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Keppler, Ann B ^a   Roudebush, Judith L ^a  

^a Evergreen Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

And readmission rate; Follow up care; Length of stay; Outcome data; Postpartum assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL CARE; MODEL; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MODELS, NURSING; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0033138468     PISSN: 08932190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199906000-00002     Document Type: Article

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