tertiary referral

collocation in English

meaningsoftertiaryandreferral

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tertiary
adjective
uk
/ˈtɜː.ʃər.i/us
/ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i/
formal
relating to a third level ...
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referral
noun[C or U]
uk
/rɪˈfɜː.rəl/us
/rɪˈfɝː.əl/
the act of directing someone to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge ...
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(Definition oftertiaryandreferralfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A frequent reason fortertiaryreferralfor detailed fetal echocardiography is the detection of an irregular heart rate.
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This unusually high figure, however, derived from atertiaryreferralhospital providing a head injury service.
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Two hospitals were university affiliated andtertiaryreferralcenters, three were county hospitals, and two were district hospitals.
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Referral characteristics were a possible confounder because the hospitals used to collect the sample weretertiaryreferralcentres.
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The closest geographical maternity unit was atertiaryreferralunit caring for some complicated pregnancies from outside the health authority area.
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Ultrasound is performed by doctors in private practice, in regional public or private clinics, and intertiaryreferraluniversity hospitals.
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This is atertiaryreferraland cancer center: the hospital palliative care service for inpatients receives approximately 1000 referrals a year-about 85% having malignant disease.
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Data fromtertiaryreferralunits with more severe cases may overestimate the true case fatality rate.
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It also is atertiaryreferralservice and includes cases at the severe end of the spectrum.
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Their first audit report had also highlighted the need for emergency obstetric care outwith thetertiaryreferralhospital.
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First, since our sample was seen in atertiaryreferralcenter, our findings are not generalizable to other settings.
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It simultaneously created a culture of service-planning that was focused solely ontertiaryreferral in-patient facilities, ignoring any consideration of community provision or future strategies for prevention.
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University hospitals offer ordinary emergency-care services and serve astertiaryreferralcenters mainly for elective procedures.
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Surgery is being reserved for more severe cases of pulmonary stenosis, resistant to balloon dilation, which may potentially be more safely carried out in atertiaryreferralcentre in children.
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Many hospitals believe that their high caesarean section rate is a result of their beingtertiaryreferral centres, and that they have a lot of premature deliveries.
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It serves my constituency and is an important acute hospital and a regionaltertiaryreferralcentre.
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It is important to bear it in mind that the trust is a major acute andtertiaryreferralcentre.
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He mentioned the threat totertiaryreferralcentres of excellence through the abolition of extra-contractual referrals.
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That is clearly a matter of great importance when authorities are considering bed allocations,tertiaryreferralpolicy and other matters.
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They have a particular responsibility for providing a research and development capability, postgraduate teaching and training, and atertiaryreferralcentre for difficult cases.
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