Early Hospital Discharge in Maternal and Newborn Care

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Fink, Anne M ^a  

^a ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Historical review; Length of stay; Maternal and newborn; Outcomes; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952721033     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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