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Objective To understand the continuous care needs and related services will of the women in puerperium, and analyze the relative factors of the continuity care of those discharged from maternity hospital.Methods A total of 207 delivery women who were discharged from a hospital in Chenghua District Maternal & Child Care Center in Chengdu city from September to December, 2014 were investigated with self-made questionnaires.Results As for newborn babies' continuity care service, what those delivery women care most were newborn babies' common disease prevention and care, and as for their own continuity care service, what they most need were maternal uterine instauration care.Enforcers for continuity of care services were more inclined to obstetricians and pediatricians, and the service forms tended to make telephone calls or do follow-up visits.Time frequency of the follow-up visits was inclined to 7 days once.Delivery women's educational degree (r=-0.216, P＜0.01), place of residence (r=0.208, P＜0.01), whether they would participate in pregnant Women school (r=0.192, P＜0.01), pregnant women school number (r=-0.382, P＜0.01),the newborn's tire(r=0.173, P＜0.05) and maternal type(r=0.161, P＜0.05) were factors that influenced the degree of maternal continued care needs.Conclusions The main factors which influence the continuity care in obstetrics are educational degrees, place of residence and the types of delivery women.As a result, different methods of continuity care service should be established to aim at different groups of people so as to promote the service quality in obstetrics in general to meet the needs of delivery women at all levels.