title: Child-care needs of patients at the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane.
abstract: Eight hundred and ninety-eight patients of the Royal Women's Hospital, Brisbane were surveyed by phone and questionnaire to identify their hospital related child-care needs. In addition, staff in acute admitting areas of the hospital were asked to provide details of child-care problems. Twenty-five (5.2%) of the sample reported hospital related child-care problems, 166 (39.7%) respondents stated that they would use a hospital child-care service on a casual basis and 45 (10.8%) that they would use one for the duration of their stay.
authors.affiliation: ADON Research, Royal Women's Hospital, Herston, Qld, Australia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010045:Outpatients; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011793:Queensland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires