Type and timing of services following postnatal discharge: Do they make a difference?

Women and Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 19-39

  Goulet, Lise ^a   D'Amour, Danielle ^a   Pineault, Raynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35948974764     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v45n04_02     Document Type: Article

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