Background: Very early discharge from hospital is an element of Ontario midwifery care. Our
aim in the present study was to describe the frequency of very early hospital discharge for …

Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that the trend toward earlier discharge
may affect newborn morbidity. The authors assessed how hospital readmission rates were …

Objective To determine factors associated with newborns having their first outpatient visit
(FOV) beyond 3 days after postpartum hospital discharge. Methods Retrospective cohort …

Background: To examine the potential benefits of routine nurse home visiting after early
discharge, we compared health service use among low-risk newborns with and without a …

Background. Recently enacted federal legislation mandates insurance coverage of at least
48 hours of postpartum hospitalization, but most mothers and newborns in the United States …

Objectives This study aimed to determine our ability to shorten birth hospitalization length of
stay (LOS) in which patient characteristics were associated with early discharge and had …

This article highlights the historic precedence of early discharge practices and the debate
regarding length of stay for new mothers and newborns in the United States. Although the …

Objective To assess the hospital care cost and resource use associated with discharge
timings after late preterm and term births. Study design This population-based cohort study …

BACKGROUND: Early readmissions of apparently healthy newborns after discharge from
well baby nurseries (WBN) may reflect an inadequate assessment of the newborn's …

Objective. Scant information exists on the effects of legislation mandating coverage of
minimum postnatal hospital stays on infant health outcomes. There are also gaps in …