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Women's Health
Laws designed to prevent "drive-through deliveries" have partially succeeded
March 15th, 2004
State and federal laws passed in the mid-1990s to curtail "drive-through deliveries" - potentially dangerous, exceptionally short hospital stays for women giving birth - have partially succeeded in correcting that problem in some states, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows. "In the decade before these laws, postpartum hospital stays were getting shorter and shorter, possibly because more people were covered by managed-care organizations that were trying to cut costs," said William H. Dow, assistant professor of health policy and administration at the UNC School of Public Health. "Women were leaving hospitals less than 24 hours after vaginal...
Source: OBGYN & Reproduction Week (2004-03-15)
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