A single-center prospective study analyzing the cardiac referrals made to a tertiary care center in India

Abstract

Healthcare system in most parts of the world functions on a three-tier system, involving primary, secondary, and tertiary care centers. The appropriate and efficient referral system plays crucial role in maximally efficient healthcare delivery. Materials and Methods: In all, 46 referrals made to the medicine department of the hospital over a period of 1 month with chief complaint of chest pain and presumptive diagnosis of myocardial ischemia/infarct by outside physicians were selected randomly Analysis was done both for extent