Referral to the national network of integrated care: the nurses' perception.

CONCLUSION: the referral process is a very bureaucratic and time-consuming procedure, which not only conditions and delays users' access to the National Network of Integrated Continuous Care network, contributing to the worsening of the clinical status of some patients. The number of professionals is insufficient, inducing the demand for services through urgency. The focus on primary care should seek to improve inequalities in access, compete for more equitable and accessible care, generating more quality in health care.
PMID: 33084775 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem - October 23, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Fonseca-Teixeira SA, Parreira P, Mónico L, Salgueiro-Oliveira A, Amado JC Tags: Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Source Type: research