Monitoring the referral system through benchmarking in rural Niger: an evaluation of the functional relation between health centres and the district hospital

• Main Authors: Miyé Hamidou (Author), Abdoulaye Mahaman S (Author), Abache Ranaou (Author), Bossyns Paul (Author), Depoorter Anne-Marie (Author), Van Lerberghe Wim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The main objective of this study is to establish a benchmark for referral rates in rural Niger so as to allow interpretation of routine referral data to assess the performance of the referral system in Niger.</p> <p>Metho...