A randomized comparison of home visits and hospital-based group follow-up visits after early postpartum discharge

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 719-727

  Escobar, Gabriel J ^a,b,e   Braveman, Paula A ^c   Ackerson, Lynn ^a   Odouli, Roxana ^a   Coleman Phox, Kim ^a   Capra, Angela M ^a   Wong, Carlene ^b   Lieu, Tracy A ^d  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Length of stay; Newborn; Postpartum; Rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 0034861607     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.3.719     Document Type: Article

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