Does Coordinated Postpartum Care Influence Costs?
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Does Coordinated Postpartum Care Influence Costs?
QUESTIONS UNDER STUDY To investigate changes to health insurance costs for post-discharge postpartum care after the introduction of a midwife-led coordinated care model. METHODS The study included mothers and their newborns insured by the Helsana health insurance group in Switzerland and who delivered between January 2012 and May 2013 in the canton of Basel Stadt (BS) (intervention canton). W...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Integrated Care
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1568-4156
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.2487