From: A systematic review of community-to-facility neonatal referral completion rates in Africa and Asia
Referral characteristics | Referral for what danger signs |
Referral by whom | |
● competencies of that health cadre | |
● training received by that health cadre for danger sign detection | |
● workload of that health cadre | |
Referral to what level of care | |
● primary care facility, tertiary facility, etc. | |
● estimated distance or travel time | |
● whether care is provided for free or with fees | |
Was it facilitated and if so, how | |
● include details (e.g. image of referral slips, content of behavioral change communication materials, etc.) | |
Quantification of referral completion | Time to first home visit of the referring individual following birth of child |
● time between family mobilization and receiving care | |
Actual frequency and timing of home visits, in addition to the scheduled/expected frequency and timing | |
Time between referral and family mobilization for careseeking | |
Referral completion rate | |
● definition of what qualifies as “complete” = defining the numerator and denominator of the rate clearly, e.g. including what the time cut-off is for seeking care following referral | |
● stratified by any contextually important variables | |
○ e.g. sex of child, socioeconomic and demographic background of family or mother (religion, ethnicity, education, etc.) | |
Self-referral rate | |
● definition | |
● stratified by any contextually important variables |