 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.
| Descriptor ID |
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 | 2 | 5 | | 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2003 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2005 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2006 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2007 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2008 | 8 | 10 | 18 | | 2009 | 5 | 13 | 18 | | 2010 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2011 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2012 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2013 | 5 | 16 | 21 | | 2014 | 14 | 15 | 29 | | 2015 | 16 | 12 | 28 | | 2016 | 10 | 15 | 25 | | 2017 | 15 | 17 | 32 | | 2018 | 17 | 12 | 29 | | 2019 | 8 | 18 | 26 | | 2020 | 8 | 26 | 34 | | 2021 | 9 | 31 | 40 | | 2022 | 2 | 31 | 33 | | 2023 | 4 | 19 | 23 | | 2024 | 19 | 18 | 37 | | 2025 | 13 | 8 | 21 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Callen AL, Pisani Petrucci SL, Bhaumik D, Lennarson P, Birlea M, MacKenzie J, Ettenberg J, Carlton Jones L. Enhancing Clarity in Dynamic Myelography Reporting: Results of a Survey of Patients and Referring Providers Evaluating a Standardized Reporting System in the Myelographic Work-Up of Patients with Suspected Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Oct 01; 46(10):2200-2207.
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Stanley KJ, Chisholm C, Gillespie MK, Caluseriu O, Del Signore N, Elango S, Hartley T, Hewson S, Kim RH, McSheffrey G, Mendoza-Londono R, Sawyer SL, Somerville M, Venkataramanan V, White-Brown A, Telesca S, Shickh S, Marshall CR, Ungar WJ, Hayeems RZ, Bhawra J, Boycott KM, Costain G. TRIAGE-GS: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a genomics-first approach to rare disease diagnosis for patients awaiting assessment by a clinical geneticist. BMJ Open. 2025 Aug 10; 15(8):e107603.
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Campbell KA, Laskey AL, Lindberg DM, Henry MK, Vaughn P, Anderst JD, Letson MM, Bachim AN, Harper NS, Coombs CM, Frasier LD, Wood JN. Changes in child placement after child abuse pediatrics consultation for suspected physical abuse. Child Abuse Negl. 2025 Sep; 167:107608.
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Waldo SW, Glorioso TJ, Butala N, Varosy P, Duvernoy CS, Plomondon ME, Francis J. Management and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Evaluation Across Health Care Systems: Comparison of Community Care and Integrated Veterans Affairs Health Care. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Aug 05; 14(15):e041930.
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Garofalo DM, Myers QWO, Heron CH, Wolf A, Carmichael H, Dyas AR, Mathai S, Rozeboom PD, Velopulos CG. Why Potentially Elective General Surgery Becomes Emergent: A Multi-Methods Approach. J Surg Res. 2025 Sep; 313:239-246.
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Michelson KA, Remick KE, Bucholz EM, McMullen PD, Singamsetty N, Skol AD, Cory DK, Graves JA. Network Analysis to Define Pediatric Acute Care Regions in Wisconsin. Health Serv Res. 2025 Dec; 60(6):e70000.
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Wan S, Youngwerth JM, Fink RM, Lorenz KA, Brewer SE, Kutner JS, Portz JD, Fischer SM. Healthcare professionals' perspectives on improving care coordination between palliative and cancer care for rural older adults: A qualitative study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2025 Sep; 16(7):102301.
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Shastry S, Carpenter J, Krotulski A, Brent J, Wax P, Aldy K, Campleman S, Culbreth R, Falise A, Hughes A, Hendrickson RG, Amaducci A, Judge B, Meaden C, Calello DP, Buchanan J, Shulman J, Levine M, Schwarz E, Manini AF. Disparities in Treatment and Referral After an Opioid Overdose Among Emergency Department Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 07 01; 8(7):e2518569.
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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, Jaén 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 05 06; 333(17):1520-1526.
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