The effect of early postnatal discharge from hospital for women and infants: A systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Jones, Eleanor ^a   Taylor, Beck ^a   MacArthur, Christine ^a   Pritchett, Ruth ^a   Cummins, Carole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Length of stay; Postnatal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEWBORN CARE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; LENGTH OF STAY; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84958183664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0193-9     Document Type: Article

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