Cost of treatment among self-referred outpatients in referral hospitals compared to primary health care facilities in East Wollega, western Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Patient self-referral is a condition when patients refer themselves to higher level health facilities without having to see anyone else first. Despite the expansion in the number of health facilities, it has been seen when patients routinely accessed referral hospitals without a formal referral. Th...

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Main Authors: Edosa Tesfaye Geta, Yibeltal Siraneh Belete, Elias Ali Yesuf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Public Health in Africa
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Online Access:https://publichealthinafrica.org/index.php/jphia/article/view/1024