Length-of-stay after a health facility birth and associated factors: analysis of data from three Sub-Saharan African countries.

8 – 12 Although the WHO has endorsed a stay of at least 24 hours in the facility after an uncomplicated delivery, 13 there is an increasing trend in early discharge, with some countries making policy changes to curtail that action. 14 A study seeking to describe the LOS after facility delivery in 92 countries discovered that between 0.2% to 83% of women who had vaginal deliveries stayed for less than 24 hours and between 1% to 75% of women w

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