Economics of home vs. hospital breastfeeding support for newborns

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 233-243

  Stevens, Bonnie ^a   Guerriere, Denise ^b   McKeever, Patricia ^b   Croxford, Ruth ^c   Miller, Karen Lee ^b   Watson Macdonell, Jo ^c   Gibbins, Sharyn ^c   Dunn, Michael ^c   Ohlsson, Arne ^b,d   Ray, Karen ^e   Coyte, Peter ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

^e St Elizabeth Health Care   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Economics; Home; Hospital; Midwifery; Newborns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE;

EID: 33645232912     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.03720.x     Document Type: Article

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