High-Risk Pregnancy: Postpartum Rehospitalization
Journal of PerinatologyPublished 1 October 2002Open access
Margaret S. Hamilton, Dorothy Brooten, JoAnne M. Youngblut
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Women with high-risk pregnancies have continued high health care resource use over the first postpartum year demonstrating the need for more intensive patient education and follow-up to improve outcomes and reduce resource use.
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Women with high-risk pregnancies have continued high health care resource use over the first postpartum year demonstrating the need for more intensive patient education and follow-up to improve outcomes and reduce resource use.
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