title: Referral criteria.
abstract: Criteria for referral to the district nursing service need to be drawn up in response to the Audit Commission Report (1999), with the aim of reducing the number of inappropriate referrals and providing patients with a more efficient service.
authors.affiliation: Princes Park Health Centre, Eastbourne.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vafeas
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003663:Decision Trees; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016526:Workload