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Table 5 Postnatal ward readmission rates

From: Reducing the length of postnatal hospital stay: implications for cost and quality of care

Year

Mean length of postnatal stay (days)

Readmission rate

2010/11

2.07

2.9 %

2011/12

1.99

2.5 %

2012/13

1.94

2.5 %