Postpartum Care Center: Follow-up Care in a Hospital-based Clinic

Clinical Outcomes and Maternal Perceptions of an Updated Model of Perinatal Care

“…10 Another paper that reported on the implementation of a postpartum care center similar to the one in the current study suggested that the center was a cost-effective approach to providing follow-up visits. 11 In the current study, subgroup analyses suggested that the revised model of care was associated with benefits especially among mother-newborn pairs with sociodemographic risk factors. Among families with annual household incomes of Ͻ$30 000, there was a significant reduction in the unwanted events as measured by the combined clinical outcome.…”

Heading Toward the New Normal: A Contemporay Postpartum Experience

“…Nurses are concerned that women being discharged so early are tired, physiologically unstable, and unsure o f how to care for themselves and their newborns (McCregor, 1994). Early discharge has brought about changes in postpartum care and the development of programs to care for new mothers after hospitalization (Evans, 1991(Evans, , 1995Keppler, 1995). Some nurses caring for postpartum women outside the hospital report that these mothers are distressed.…”

Discharge of Mothers and Babies from Hospital after Birth of a Healthy Full-term Infant: Developing Criteria Through a Community-wide Consensus Process

“…4 However, there is evidence such increases have been avoided where programs to ensure early follow-up have been instituted. [5][6][7][8][9] Until 1997 there were no national Canadian recommendations to guide professionals and institutions in safe practice related to mother and baby discharge after birth. The Canadian Paediatric Society has now published national guidelines on facilitating discharge of mother and baby 10 which have been endorsed by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.…”