Early postnatal care among healthy newborns in 19 states: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2000

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-284

  Lansky, Amy ^a,d   Barfield, Wanda D ^a   Marchi, Kristen S ^b   Egerter, Susan A ^b   Galbraith, Alison A ^c   Braveman, Paula A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Legislation; Length of stay; Newborn; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTNATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745146113     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0050-2     Document Type: Article

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