From hospital to home: The quality and safety of a postnatal discharge system used for remote dwelling Aboriginal mothers and infants in the top end of Australia

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 366-373

  Bar Zeev, Sarah J ^a   Barclay, Lesley ^b   Farrington, Cath ^a   Kildea, Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Discharge process; Postnatal; Safety

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861455788     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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