Postpartum discharge: Do varying perceptions of readines impact health outcomes?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 388-395

  Bernstein, Henry H ^a   Spino, Cathie ^b   Baker, Alison ^c   Slora, Eric J ^c   Touloukian, Carol Litten ^b   McCormick, Marie C ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b American Academy of Pediatrics ^*

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital length of stay; Newborn discharge; Postpartum care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NURSERY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRICIAN; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP;

EID: 0036749161     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/1539-4409(2002)002<0388:PDDVPO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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