An Overview on Service Referral for Pediatric Care at Selçuk University Faculty of Medicine

This study was iınplemented on patients' parents or relatives who brought their children to the Polyc-clinic of Departmant of Pediatrics in Faculty of Me-dicine, Selçuk University between 18 and 22nd of November 1991. 1n this study it was observed that only 17 percent of patients had applied for tertiarv care wlüle 71 percent of diem had came for primarv care. Patients applying for tertiary care were usually brought to the hospital by their fathers and male pa-tients more in number and relatively higher in 0-6 age group (p<0.05). It was also observed that number of patients, e.specially of those referred, decreased to-wards weekend (p>0.05) and parents were utilizing less health service in each level of care for their third and more childs (p>0.05). We believe that it will be more usefid for both community and health organi-zations ta make primary health care services more effective and such regulations, in which university hospitals, vvithoıtt taking care of patients social insu-rance guarantees, just can be used for tertiary health care services a step-by-step referral system.