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Reducing the length of postnatal hospital stay: implications for cost and quality of care

BACKGROUND: UK health services are under pressure to make cost savings while maintaining quality of care. Typically reducing the length of time patients stay in hospital and increasing bed occupancy are advocated to achieve service efficiency. Around 800,000 women give birth in the UK each year maki...

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Autores principales: Bowers, John, Cheyne, Helen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26772389
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1214-4