Referral patterns through the lens of health facility readiness to manage obstetric complications: national facility-based results from Ghana

• Main Authors: Patricia E. Bailey (Author), John Koku Awoonor-Williams (Author), Victoria Lebrun (Author), Emily Keyes (Author), Mario Chen (Author), Patrick Aboagye (Author), Kavita Singh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction Countries with high maternal and newborn mortality can benefit from national facility level data that describe intra-facility emergency referral patterns for major obstetric complications. This paper assesses the relationship between referral and facilities' readiness to t...