McIntosh I D
Med Care. 1984 Jul;22(7):611-9. doi: 10.1097/00005650-198407000-00003.
Although the programs are of increasing popularity, little has been published on the effects of discharging maternity patients early from the hospital. In particular, there is almost no evidence to date to prove that these programs actually achieve two objectives for which they were designed; to reduce occupancy pressure on maternity beds and to lower hospital costs. Evaluation of the early stages of a relatively small and flexible maternity early discharge program in Alberta, Canada suggests that the program is effective in reducing length of stay in the hospital and hospital costs, but there is little evidence that it is actually used to reduce pressure on bed space in the maternity unit.
尽管这些项目越来越受欢迎，但关于产妇早期出院的影响的报道却很少。特别是，迄今为止几乎没有证据证明这些项目实际上实现了其设计的两个目标；减轻产科床位的占用压力并降低医院成本。对加拿大艾伯塔省一个相对小型且灵活的产妇早期出院项目早期阶段的评估表明，该项目在缩短住院时间和降低医院成本方面是有效的，但几乎没有证据表明它实际上被用于减轻产科病房的床位压力。
