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To the Editor: Madden and coworkers (Dec. 19 issue)¹ provide data suggesting that mandating an increased length of stay for maternity care has had a limited effect on public health in terms of health outcomes in newborns. However, it is also important to recognize that society has clearly valued this change from the standpoint of the provision of more rest for new mothers and greater assurance that parents will be more confident at discharge as they assume child-care functions. It is important to recognize that this societal benefit carries costs.

Although the authors present data indicating that expenditures by a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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