Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India

Abas Khan; G.H Yatoo; Mohd Sarwar Mir

Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India

January 2021

Vol-7, Issue-1

Paper ID: 13497

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Administration

Keywords

Referral System Tertiary Hospitals

Abstract

Objective: To understand the reasons for referral of patients received at SKIMS Srinagar . Methods: A prospective study was conducted at SKIMS during a study period from October 2019 to December 2019. The study sample consisted of patients referred to SKIMS emergency medicine department. Results: Lack of expertise and equipment were the most common reasons given for referral (>90.0%). Conclusion: The primary and secondary level hospital services be strengthened and increased so as to limit inappropriate use of tertiary care referral hospitals.

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#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Abas Khan	Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
2	G.H Yatoo	Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
3	Mohd Sarwar Mir	Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar

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Khan, Abas, Yatoo, G.H, & Mir, Mohd Sarwar (2021). Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 7(1), 345-350.

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Khan, Abas, et al. "Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2021, pp. 345-350.

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Abas Khan, G.H Yatoo, and Mohd Sarwar Mir, "Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 345-350, 2021.

Vancouver Style

Khan Abas, Yatoo G.H, Mir Mohd Sarwar. Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2021;7(1):345-350.

Harvard Style

Khan, Abas, Yatoo, G.H, & Mir, Mohd Sarwar (2021) 'Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 7(1), pp. 345-350.

Chicago Style

Khan, Abas, G.H Yatoo, and Mohd Sarwar Mir. "Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 7, no. 1 (2021): 345-350.

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Khan, Abas, G.H Yatoo, and Mohd Sarwar Mir. "Why our tertiary care hospital emergencies are overcrowded? Faulty referrals or anything else: A study from a Teaching Hospital of North India." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 7, no. 1 (2021): 345-350.