Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization

Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization

In the fragmented care systems of rapidly growing cities, patients can get lost in the shuffle. A cornucopia of providers is spread across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, making it difficult to track patients and ensure referral complet...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
URBAN POVERTY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
MEDICAL REFERRAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
TELEMEDICINE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/844361560324435589/Improving-Linkages-and-Referrals-to-the-Broader-Health-System-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization
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spelling okr-10986-318552021-05-25T10:54:39Z Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization World Bank Group URBAN POVERTY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE MEDICAL REFERRAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY TELEMEDICINE In the fragmented care systems of rapidly growing cities, patients can get lost in the shuffle. A cornucopia of providers is spread across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, making it difficult to track patients and ensure referral completion. Health systems may also lack human and infrastructure resources to meet demand for higher levels of care; where resources are constrained, the few available specialists and underdeveloped emergency medical services may mostly cater to the wealthy, fuelling health inequities. At the same time, perceptions of low-quality in primary care services can lead patients to go directly to hospitals for minor maladies or injuries. Functional referral systems in urban areas of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will need to ensure prompt and appropriate transfer to higher-level care, supplemented by primary care strengthening to prevent costly and inefficient self-referrals. 2019-06-13T16:42:21Z 2019-06-13T16:42:21Z 2018-10 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/844361560324435589/Improving-Linkages-and-Referrals-to-the-Broader-Health-System-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31855 English FLF Evidence Brief Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Albania
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topic URBAN POVERTY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
MEDICAL REFERRAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
TELEMEDICINE
spellingShingle URBAN POVERTY
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
MEDICAL REFERRAL
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS
PRIMARY CARE FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
TELEMEDICINE
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Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
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description In the fragmented care systems of rapidly growing cities, patients can get lost in the shuffle. A cornucopia of providers is spread across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, making it difficult to track patients and ensure referral completion. Health systems may also lack human and infrastructure resources to meet demand for higher levels of care; where resources are constrained, the few available specialists and underdeveloped emergency medical services may mostly cater to the wealthy, fuelling health inequities. At the same time, perceptions of low-quality in primary care services can lead patients to go directly to hospitals for minor maladies or injuries. Functional referral systems in urban areas of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will need to ensure prompt and appropriate transfer to higher-level care, supplemented by primary care strengthening to prevent costly and inefficient self-referrals.
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author World Bank Group
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title Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_short Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_fullStr Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_full_unstemmed Improving Linkages and Referrals to the Broader Health System : For Equitable Care Amidst Rapid Growth and Urbanization
title_sort improving linkages and referrals to the broader health system : for equitable care amidst rapid growth and urbanization
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/844361560324435589/Improving-Linkages-and-Referrals-to-the-Broader-Health-System-for-Equitable-Care-Amidst-Rapid-Growth-and-Urbanization
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