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Emergency obstetric referral delays in rural Zambia are typically attributed to distance, road quality or facility resourcing. The framework proposes that trust deficits at the referring–receiving interface delay the decision to initiate transport, independent of physical access. The paper derives testable propositions and identifies implications for referral coordination, transport logistics and maternity care policy in rural Zambia.
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