American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
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Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. · Jan 1990
Use of the labor-delivery-recovery room in an urban tertiary care hospital.
Single-room maternity care is an attractive delivery system to obstetricians and consumers. We reviewed the first 15 months' experience in a committed labor-delivery-recovery room unit where all patients were admitted for single-room care regardless of risk. The rate of transfer to a traditional delivery room for vaginal delivery was 3.8%.