Patient Referral System In Ethiopia

Large patient load in referral hospitals causes human and physical resources to be stretched to capacity which results in compromising the quality of care they provide to patients.

Patient referral system in ethiopia. Smartcare ethiopia an electronic health record system that supports longitudinal recordkeeping for a clinical care especially for hiv aids treatment tb care vct and antenatal care. Whether the health facility had transport facilities for patients on referrals. A recent study from. The researcher wanted to establish whether the health facilities had transport facilities.

16 in ethiopia kenya the gambia and uganda. Improved specimen referral system and increased access to quality laboratory services in ethiopia. A patient centered understanding of the referral system in ethiopian primary health care units. 7 in practice however.

Referral facility and is often costlier for the caretaker and the health care system. Self referrals may cause the primary level health care to be under utilized and hospitals over used congested and overburdened leading to an escalation of health care costs. Laboratory to the time of report delivery to the patient client or referring laboratory. Seamless continuum of services for optimal care.

Contrast to patients seeking care at referral facilities in india and zambia tulloch found that most. Referral on and referral back. Guidelines for specimen referral system in ethiopia referral system ethiopia. 5 to 10 of clinic patients will be referred.

The role of the public private partnership january 2016 the journal of infectious diseases 213 s2. According to the analysis of the findings from data above a majority 133 67 2 of the respondents indicated there was no transport facilities for patient referral and the remaining 65 32 8 of the. Referral system guidelines department of health south africa 2003 close relations between all levels of the health system. Referral integral to phc.

The referral system among health facilities in ethiopia is used by a minority of patients suggesting that intended connections between health posts health centers and hospitals may need strengthening to increase the efficiency of primary care nationally. Computerized applications for healthcare include. Which will improve both the quality of health information as well as patient care 14. The health care system needed a better portal to support referring providers needs which would significantly improve the handling of incoming patient referrals.