Referral steps in district health system are side-stepped
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Referral steps in district health system are side-stepped.
To the Editor: The South African public health sector follows a hierarchical referral system. District hospitals play a central role between the primary health care (PHC) clinics, community health centres (CHCs), regional and tertiary hospitals. They provide level one (generalist) services to in-and outpatients referred from PHC clinics and CHCs. District hospitals should ensure that patients a...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2078-5135
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4385