ACOG COMMITTEE OPINION Optimizing Postpartum Care

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2018, Pages E140-E150

  Stuebe, Alison ^a   Auguste, Tamika ^a   Gulati, Martha ^a  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REIMBURSEMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRANSITIONAL CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 85071281681     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002633     Document Type: Article

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