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- Definition process whereby a health professional/health service at one level of a health system, having insufficient resources (e.g., drugs, equipment, skills) to manage a clinical condition, seeks the assistance of a better or differently resourced service at the same or a higher level to assist in or take over the management of a patient's case Reference Council-EN, based on: United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Referral Systems Assessment and Monitoring (RSAM) Toolkit, https://www.measureevaluation.org/resources/publications/ms-13-60/at_download/document [20.12.2017]
- Comment See also: - counter-referral [ IATE:3575236 ]