title: Family-centered care activities by size of maternity service.
abstract: Fifty-four of the 55 New York City maternity services in operation as of January 1, 1978 responded to a questionnaire eliciting information as to the availability of certain family-centered care practices. The larger maternity units, especially those in which more than 2,000 live births occur annually, were noted to have a higher prevalence and greater extent of family-centered care activities than the smaller units. Although size alone cannot be isolated as the critical factor in this analysis, its association with other factors helps explain the differences observed.
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009519:New York City; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012386:Rooming-in Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires