Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Dora Barilla,Helen Hopp Marshak and S. Eric Anderson Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 124 ISBN: 9783845470689
Описание
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between postpartum psychosocial support from healthcare providers and the rate of normal newborn readmissions (NNR), and whether there was a cost benefit to justify an intervention. Data was abstracted for all normal newborn births from 1999-2006 (N=14,786) at a community hospital in southern California. A cost benefit analysis was performed to analyze whether the financial benefits from the intervention. There was a significantly lower readmission rate of 1.0% (p=>.001) during the comprehensive time period compared to baseline (2.3%) or to the limited psychosocial support intervention time period (2.3%). While there was no significant difference in the average cost per newborn readmitted across the three study time periods. Providing comprehensive follow-up for new mothers in the postpartum period can reduce NNR's, thus lowering the average newborn readmission costs for those who receive...
