Clinical, sociodemographic profiles, and outcomes of mothers referred to three teaching hospitals for tertiary care: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Prospective cross-sectional study

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2024-10-15

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Addis Ababa University

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The referral system is crucial for ensuring that patients have access to emergency obstetric care during pregnancy and labor since the promptness and appropriateness of the referrals affect the patients' final prognosis. One of the best interventions to improve the devastating feto maternal outcomes of laboring women is early detection of problems and immediate referral to a better health care service provider.

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Referral system, maternal outcomes, perinatal outcomes, laboring mother

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