Management of health facilities: Referral systems
For higher level managers
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Module 5: Referral and Network Development
WHO Regional Office for South East Asia
Rationale for the development of a referral system and networks; continuum of care; levels of care; case study
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Developing and maintaining a functioning referral system
A Chapter from "Care of mother and baby at the health centre: A practical guide"
Referral protocols, specifying when and to where, should be an essential part of the standard management protocols developed for all health workers; Functional links with referral centres; transportation and communication; reception of referred cases in referral centres
(Website)
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Establishing Referral Networks for Comprehensive HIV Care in Low-Resource Settings
Leine Stuart, Judith Harkins, and Merywen Wigley, 2005, Family Health International
Facility-based referral, community-based referral, elements of a referral network, facilitating referral; monitoring and evaluation
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Referral Hospitals
pdf, 349kb
Martin Hensher, Max Price, and Sarah Adomakoh, 2006, Oxford University Press and The World Bank
see Chapter 66 from "Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries"
Characteristics of referral hospitals; unit costs of care; equity and access; improving efficiency of referral hospitals; improving functionality of the referral system;
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Referral Hospitals: Vital Services, not Disease Palaces
Disease Control Priorities Project, 2008, The World Bank and World Health Organization
Providing specialist services; equity in access to services; balance of services; value for money from hospital services; management of referral services; enhancing referral system functioning;
(4 pages, pdf 283kb)