Reducing the length of postnatal hospital stay: Implications for cost and quality of care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Bowers, John ^a   Cheyne, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care quality; Cost savings; Early hospital discharge; Length of stay; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; POSTNATAL CARE; SAFETY; STAFF; STRESS; WORKLOAD; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDWIFE; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BED OCCUPANCY; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84954516401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1214-4     Document Type: Article

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