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Table 3 Sources of postpartum referrals to the emergency admission ward, University Teaching Hospital

From: Postpartum maternal morbidity requiring hospital admission in Lusaka, Zambia – a descriptive study

Referral source

Number (%) (n = 236)

Satellite clinics

135 (57%)

Self-referral

28 (12%)

Out-patient department within hospital

12 (5%)

Not documented

61 (26%)