newborns usually stay longer in the hospital. We overcome this problem by using passages of early discharge laws as a quasi … January1, 1998. Using an interrupted time series design, we demonstrate that early discharge laws reduced considerably the …

uses instrumental variable estimation to estimate the effect of early discharge on readmission rates of maternity patients … that the early discharge policy increased readmission rates, and this increase, varied according to the degree of …

uses instrumental variable estimation to estimate the effect of early discharge on readmission rates of maternity patients … that the early discharge policy increased readmission rates, and this increase, varied according to the degree of …

This paper gives an overview of evaluations of obstetric early discharge schemes at three hospitals in Western Sydney … Area Health Service. Satisfaction of early discharge and hospital clients with their postnatal care, the reasons given by … women choosing early discharge were more likely to be satisfied with their postnatal care than were women choosing …

Obstetric early discharge provides an alternative to conventional, hospital based, postnatal care. Clients are … resources released due to the early discharge scheme in operation at three hospitals in Western Sydney. At current levels of … activity the early discharge schemes at Blacktown and Westmead Hospitals use more hospital resources than they release. The …

An Early Discharge Program (EDP) for medically uncomplicated obstetrics patients operates from three hospitals in … proportion of women who chose not to take early discharge were first time mothers. This reflected their lack of confidence …

early discharge of obstetric patients meets its clients' needs. Women who were eligible for early discharge were surveyed at … postnatal care. While most of the women in both groups were satisfied with their postnatal care, those who chose early discharge … for the process of care and less so for the outcome of care. The study results indicate that the early discharge program …