The Referral System between Primary and Secondary Health Care in Saudi Arabia for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" colspan="2">PIO-T model</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Population (P)</td><td class="align_center">Patients with type 2 diabetes and other patients who need referral</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Issues (I)</td><td class="align_center">Factors of referral system between primary and secondary health care that affect patients with type 2 diabetes in Saudi Arabia</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Outcome (O)</td><td class="align_center">Better management, quality of life, reduced morbidity, reduced mortality, and any outcomes reported by the studies.</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Type of study (T)</td><td class="align_center">Cross-sectional, retrospective, and review.</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Components of PIO-T for research question.

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Table 1: The Referral System between Primary and Secondary Health Care in Saudi Arabia for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review 