Journal article
Trends in very early discharge from hospital for newborns under midwifery care in Ontario from 2003 to 2017: a retrospective cohort study
Abstract
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 newborns in Ontario midwifery care over time.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective population-based cohort study, including all midwife-attended singleton term cephalic newborns delivered by spontaneous vaginal birth at Ontario hospitals between April 2003 and …
Authors
Darling EK; Babe G; Sorbara C; Perez R
Journal
CMAJ Open, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. e462–e468
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
April 2020
DOI
10.9778/cmajo.20190165
ISSN
2291-0026