Effect of an innovative community-based care model, the Monarch Centre, on postpartum length of stay: an interrupted time-series study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reduction in postpartum length of stay has been advocated within a context of reducing health care system costs and maintaining quality of care. We assessed trends in postpartum length of stay for vaginal and cesarean deliveries at an academic hospital, The Ottawa Hospital, before and after the implementation in 2014 of a novel community-based postpartum outpatient clinic, the Monarch Centre.

Methods

The Monarch Centre model of postpartum care consists of prebooked appointments at the postpartum clinic, scheduled within 48 hours of hospital discharge. Clients receive maternal assessment including mood screening and care, neonatal care, laboratory testing including infant total serum bilirubin level, and breast-feeding assessment and support. Family physicians, lac

SUBMITTER: Hardy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182112 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature