Patient transfers between healthcare facilities and referral healthcare facilities

Czech version

Authors: R. Černá Pařízková ¹; D. Záleská ²; Černý V. ^{1,3 5}
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Lékařská fakulta v Hradci Králové, Univerzita Karlova ¹; Právní kancelář České lékařské komory ²; Klinika anesteziologie, perioperační a intenzivní medicíny, Fakulta zdravotnických studií, Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem a Masarykova nemocnice v Ústí nad Labem ³; Centrum pro výzkum a vývoj, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové ⁴; Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Kanada ⁵
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 29, 2018, č. 4, s. 224-229
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Overview

Patients are admitted to intensive care on the basis of clinical indications. Variability in the availability of specialised care or the lack of beds in intensive care may necessitate care at another healthcare facility. The article discusses patients’ inter-hospital transfers from the point of view of patients’ and healthcare providers’ rights.

Keywords:

intensive care – law – inter-hospital transfer

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Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Inten Intensive Care Medicine

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Article was published in

Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine

2018 Issue 4