Longer postpartum hospitalization options - Who stays, who leaves, what changes?

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Watt, Susan ^a   Sword, Wendy ^a   Krueger, Paul ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Joseph's Health System Research Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 27644453955     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-5-13     Document Type: Article

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