OtherFamily Medicine and the Health Care System
Maternal Postpartum Health Care Utilization and the Effect of Minnesota Early Discharge Legislation
Diane J. Madlon-Kay and Terese A. DeFor
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice July 2005, 18 (4) 307-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.18.4.307
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Maternal Postpartum Health Care Utilization and the Effect of Minnesota Early Discharge Legislation
Diane J. Madlon-Kay, Terese A. DeFor
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jul 2005, 18 (4) 307-311; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.18.4.307
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