Background: The referred patient is often regarded to as' unbooked'at the referral centers
and are most often categorized as high risk. Referrals are associated with delays which …

Context: Despite the proliferation of health centres in Nigeria, the number of
'unbooked'obstetric patients seen in tertiary institutions remains high, and their obstetric …

Results: There were total of 180 referrals, the mean age of the women was 28.5±6.3 years.
Majority (52%) of the patients were referred from Secondary Centres and only 10% were …

Introduction: an effective referral system is considered as a key to saving mothers' and
children's lives. The aims of this study were to determine the frequency and the indications of …

A functioning and effective referral system is essential to improve maternal care services.
There are guidelines that identify the types of maternity care that should be provided at the …

Introduction Maternal and perinatal deaths occurring in low and middle income countries
could be prevented with timely access to maternal and new-born care. In order to increase …

Objective: To examine the medical referral pattern of patients received at the Muhimbili
National Hospital (MNH) in order to inform the process of strengthening the referral system …

Background An effective referral system is essential for a high-quality health system that
provides safe surgical care while optimizing patient outcomes and ensuring efficiency. The …

Background: The Obstetric outcome of the patients who receive antenatal care and deliver at
the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital is reasonably satisfactory. Our major challenges arise …

BACkGROUND: Referral is an important component of the hierarchical health care delivery
system to ensure that all people receive appropriate care. Weak referral system is identified …