Early discharge after nurse specialist education and planning plus follow up visits and telephone calls was cost effective for high risk pregnant women and their newborn infants

York R, Brown LP, Samuels P, et al. A randomized trial of early discharge and nurse specialist transitional follow-up care of high-risk childbearing women. Nurs Res 1997 Sep/Oct;46:254–61. Question Compared with routine care and discharge, does early hospital discharge with home follow up care by a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) improve maternal and infant outcomes and reduce cost of care for women with high risk pregnancies and their infants?

Source of funding: National Institute for Nursing Research.

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