Length of stay after vaginal birth: Sociodemographic and readiness-for-discharge factors

Birth

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-101

  Weiss, Marianne ^a   Ryan, Polly ^a   Lokken, Lisa ^b   Nelson, Magdalen ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare St Joseph's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTHERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARTURITION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2542493852     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2004.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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