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Postpartum Safety And Satisfaction Following Early Discharge, Dawn M. Guthrie, J. Ivan Williams, Ellen Hodnett, Janet Rush
Postpartum Safety And Satisfaction Following Early Discharge, Dawn M. Guthrie, J. Ivan Williams, Ellen Hodnett, Janet Rush
Kinesiology and Physical Education Faculty Publications
Two Ontario sites were involved in the evaluation of an obstetrical discharge program. Before program implementation a group of eligible women were enrolled as the preprogram control group (n = 542). During the program, eligible women who agreed to early discharge (ED) became the ED group (n = 319), and those opting not to go home early but consenting to participate in the evaluation became the concurrent group (n = 456). All groups were mailed a self-administered postpartum questionnaire. On demographic characteristics, safety and satisfaction, the ED group was comparable to the concurrent group. Hospital readmission rates did not differ …