Reducing length of stay for women who present as outpatients to delivery suite: A clinical practice improvement project

Women and Birth

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 119-127

  Haxton, Jennifer ^a   Fahy, Kathleen ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced practice; Clinical practice improvement; Delivery suite; Midwives; Outpatients; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAINSTORMING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, NURSING; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349845901     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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