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. 2023 Apr 13;13(4):e066910. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066910

Table 3.

Emerging themes

Level of challenges Themes
Patient level challenges Financial constraints
Fears about referral
Patients’ non-compliance to referral
Institutional level challenges Referral transportation challenges
Poor attitudes of service providers
Low staff strength
Healthcare bureaucracies