Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women with Medicaid vs. private insurance were less likely to receive requested postpartum sterilization. Women ...

Typically, health insurance covers a 48-hour stay for a vaginal delivery and a 96-hour stay for a cesarean section. At times, due to staffing issues or a particularly high census, hospitals will ...

The postnatal period is a crucial six weeks after delivery requiring careful monitoring of bleeding, uterine recovery, nutrition, emotional health, and breast care. Exclusive breastfeeding, kangaroo ...

Women who received postpartum direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) before hospital discharge were significantly more likely to complete their course of treatment than those who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Data from a large safety-net hospital show de novo postpartum hypertension occurs in one of 10 patients in the ...

Among people with new-onset hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP), 81.8% had persistent hypertension postpartum after hospital discharge -- 14.1% severe hypertension -- based on one hospital system ...

Postpartum care is critical to ensuring the long term well-being of both mother and child. However, maternity services are often loss leaders inside a given hospital system. Capacity and staffing ...