Redesigning postnatal care: A randomised controlled trial of protocol-based midwifery-led care focused on individual women's physical and psychological health needs

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 37, 2003, Pages

  MacArthur, C ^a   Winter, H R ^a   Bick, D E ^b   Lilford, R J ^a   Lancashire, R J ^a   Knowles, H ^c   Braunholtz, D A ^a   Henderson, C ^a   Belfield, C ^d   Gee, H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING; MIDWIFERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 85045797231     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta7370     Document Type: Article

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