Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 119-127 , December 2009

Reducing length of stay for women who present as outpatients to delivery suite: A clinical practice improvement project

  • Jennifer Haxton

      Affiliations

    • John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 49214350.
    • ,
  • Kathleen Fahy

      Affiliations

    • The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

Received 28 October 2008 ,Revised 30 March 2009 ,Accepted 2 April 2009.

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PII: S1871-5192(09)00031-6

doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.04.001

Women and Birth
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 119-127 , December 2009

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