How to handle social security referral in Shenzhen?

Referral is usually a treatment suggestion put forward by the first-time medical institution after the necessary examination of the patient and the diagnosis and treatment ability of the institution. If the patient needs to be transferred to another hospital, the first-visit hospital will issue a referral form for the patient.

The original intention of community outpatient medical security system design is to solve the common and frequently-occurring problems of community residents with limited medical insurance resources and low prices through low-level financing, so that people can really enjoy the "six-in-one" basic health services including basic outpatient medical care and preventive health care in their communities (villages) and doorsteps. Only a few people suffer from major diseases, chronic diseases and so on. Those who exceed the ability of community service will be referred to higher-level hospitals or specialized hospitals for treatment through the community, so as to alleviate the problem of "expensive and difficult medical treatment" of the masses and gradually guide the masses to establish a good medical concept of "minor illness in the community, serious illness in the hospital, and rehabilitation back to the community".

The insured person seeks medical treatment in the community outpatient department, and the attending doctor can refer the insured person to the outpatient department of the town (street) designated hospital according to the needs of diagnosis and treatment and the principle of step-by-step referral (referring to the outpatient department of the hospital headquarters); Because of the urgent need of illness, it can be directly referred from the service site to the designated specialized hospital or the outpatient department of the designated tertiary hospital in the city.

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