title: Postpartum follow-up care in a hospital-based clinic: an update on an expanded program.
abstract: The Postpartum Care Center, an outpatient, in-hospital follow-up clinic began in 1991 in response to shortening maternity stays and the resulting need to provide follow-up care to mothers, infants, and families. This innovative model of postpartum follow-up care is cost effective and allows one nurse to see two to three times as many families in a clinic day as could be seen at home. Support services including the laboratory, pharmacy, social service, and anesthesia service are in close proximity to the clinic.
authors.affiliation: Family Maternity Center, Evergreen Hospital Medical Center, Kirkland, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Keppler
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Roudebush
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016294:Models, Nursing; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation