 Referral and Consultation
"Referral and Consultation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.
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D012017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.758.849
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| Concept/Terms |
Second Opinion- Second Opinion
- Opinion, Second
- Opinions, Second
- Second Opinions
Hospital Referral- Hospital Referral
- Referral, Hospital
- Referrals, Hospital
- Hospital Referrals
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2003 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2005 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2006 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2007 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2008 | 9 | 10 | 19 | | 2009 | 5 | 13 | 18 | | 2010 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2011 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2012 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2013 | 4 | 16 | 20 | | 2014 | 14 | 14 | 28 | | 2015 | 17 | 15 | 32 | | 2016 | 10 | 14 | 24 | | 2017 | 15 | 15 | 30 | | 2018 | 15 | 10 | 25 | | 2019 | 8 | 16 | 24 | | 2020 | 7 | 26 | 33 | | 2021 | 9 | 30 | 39 | | 2022 | 2 | 28 | 30 | | 2023 | 3 | 18 | 21 | | 2024 | 16 | 17 | 33 | | 2025 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Seyedi P, Aleman D, Baxter NN, Bell CM, Bodur M, Calzavara A, Campbell R, Carter M, de Jager P, Emerson SD, Irish J, Martin D, Lee S, Persitz J, Saxe-Braithwaite M, Takata J, Varkul O, Yang S, Zanchetta C, Urbach DR. Effect of single-entry referral models and team-based care on wait times for hip and knee joint replacement in Ontario: a simulation study. CMAJ. 2025 05 19; 197(19):E524-E531.
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Nicholson WK, Silverstein M, Wong JB, Chelmow D, Coker TR, Davis EM, Fernandez A, Gibson E, Ja?n CR, Krousel-Wood M, Lee S, Rao G, Ruiz JM, Stevermer J, Tsevat J, Underwood SM, Wiehe S. Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Support Breastfeeding: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2025 May 06; 333(17):1520-1526.
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Zubkov MR, Iguidbashian J, Lun Z, Bata K, Gunn-Sandell L, Crosby D, Stoebner K, Tharp D, Staubli L, Lin C, Cumbler E, Wiler J, McIntyre RC, Yi J. Novel electronic health records-based consultation workflow improves time to operating room for surgery patients in an acute setting. Am J Surg. 2025 Aug; 246:116386.
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Dall'Olio T, Perri G, Reese T, Sparrelid E, Gilg S. Implementation of a robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery program: a swedish referral center's experience. J Robot Surg. 2025 Mar 06; 19(1):101.
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Wax PM, Culbreth RE, Brent J, Hantsch C, Mikhailov T, Brundage N, Aldy K. Medical Toxicology Consultations and Mortality Among Patients With Poisonings in the PICU. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Feb 03; 8(2):e2462139.
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Roberts M, Johnson-Koenke R, Harpin S, Barton AJ. Optimizing Adolescent Mental Health Treatment: A Study of the Warm Handoff. J Pediatr Health Care. 2025 May-Jun; 39(3):396-407.
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Garza L, April MD, Rizzo JA, Kirkwood BJ, Fisher AD, Schauer SG. An analysis of transfers into designated trauma centers from referring institutions - the potential for virtual consultation to reduce transfers. Injury. 2025 May; 56(5):112202.
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Cole JJ, Sellitto AD, Baratta LR, Huecker JB, Balls-Berry JJE, Gurnett CA. Social Determinants of Genetics Referral and Completion Rates Among Pediatric Neurology Patients. Pediatr Neurol. 2025 Apr; 165:78-86.
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Kolb JM, Davis C, Hochheimer CJ, Beilke S, Ma I, Fox C, Gallegos J, O'Hara J, Tarter W, Wani S. Time to Therapy May Not Impact Diagnosis Upstaging in Patients Referred for Management of Luminal Gastrointestinal Neoplasia. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Feb; 70(2):786-793.
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Seyedi P, Aleman D, Baxter N, Bell C, Bodur M, Calzavara A, Campbell R, Carter M, de Jager P, Emerson S, Gagliardi A, Irish J, Martin D, Lee S, Saxe-Braithwaite M, Takata J, Yang S, Zanchetta C, Urbach D. Referral patterns for common surgical procedures in Ontario: a cross-sectional population-level study. Can J Surg. 2024 Nov-Dec; 67(6):E397-E405.
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