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Benefits and Limitations of a Community-Engaged Emergency Referral System in a Remote, Impoverished Setting of Northern Ghana

Although Ghana has a well-organized primary health care system, it lacks policies and guidelines for developing or providing emergency referral services. In 2012, an emergency referral pilot—the Sustainable Emergency Referral Care (SERC) initiative—was launched by the Ghana Health Service in collabo...

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Autores principales:	Patel, Sneha, Koku Awoonor-Williams, John, Asuru, Rofina, Boyer, Christopher B, Awopole Yepakeh Tiah, Janet, Sheff, Mallory C, Schmitt, Margaret L, Alirigia, Robert, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Phillips, James F
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Global Health: Science and Practice 2016
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5199174/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031297 http://dx.doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00253

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