 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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| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2002 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2003 | 2 | 9 | 11 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2006 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2007 | 3 | 10 | 13 | | 2008 | 8 | 11 | 19 | | 2009 | 3 | 13 | 16 | | 2010 | 2 | 8 | 10 | | 2011 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2012 | 7 | 11 | 18 | | 2013 | 7 | 19 | 26 | | 2014 | 16 | 17 | 33 | | 2015 | 20 | 13 | 33 | | 2016 | 10 | 16 | 26 | | 2017 | 16 | 19 | 35 | | 2018 | 18 | 12 | 30 | | 2019 | 9 | 21 | 30 | | 2020 | 9 | 32 | 41 | | 2021 | 11 | 33 | 44 | | 2022 | 2 | 33 | 35 | | 2023 | 4 | 20 | 24 | | 2024 | 16 | 18 | 34 | | 2025 | 23 | 12 | 35 | | 2026 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Leary JC, Tran N, Brittan MS, Fritz CQ, Lax Y, Lopez MA, Masciale M, Garg A, Gottlieb LM, Landrigan CP, Pantell MS. Social Risk Screening and Referrals in the Pediatric Inpatient Setting. Pediatrics. 2026 Nov 01; 158(5).
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McGraw MD, DeBoer E, Weinman JP, Deutsch GH, Pogoriler J, Parenti MB, Kurland G, Blatter J, Casey AM, Deterding RR, Fiorino EK, Young LR, Barnes H, Balasubramaniam V, Brennan SK, Charoenpong P, Craven D, Dell S, Epaud R, Fishman MP, Gettys A, Goldfarb S, Gower WA, Ha DM, Hagood JS, Hamvas A, Jaffe A, Kennedy JC, Krivchenia K, Liptzin DR, Nathan N, Nevel RJ, Ocasio-Ramirez V, Pryhuber G, Raby BA, Sadreameli SC, Teper A, Vargas SO, Vece TJ, Iyer NP, Nogee LM, Wambach JA. An update to the classification, evaluation, and management of childhood interstitial lung disease in infancy: an official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2026 Oct 01; 212(10):2308-2337.
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Feng S, Bojikian KD, Leveque TK, O'Banion J, Moore DB, Kim DH, Melson AT, Prater SJ, Adesina OO, Ozzello DJ, Reitinger J, Fujihashi A, Bogaard J, Long TM, Kapadia MS, Rhee DJ, Ding L, Yu JT. Trends in Ophthalmic Hospital Transfers and Consultations Across US Academic Centers. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Oct 01; 9(10):e2640040.
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Watson MM, Moore ML, Parker A, Kerr WT, Woodward JJ, Strom LA. The Gatekeeper's Dilemma: Why Sustainable Functional/Dissociative Seizure Care Begins With Referral. Neurol Clin Pract. 2026 Dec; 16(6):e200666.
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Tomberg SM, Trent SA, Joseph KM. Emergency Department Guidelines for Orthopedic Consultation in an Academic Trauma Center: Effect on ED Throughput and Consultation Utilization. Acad Emerg Med. 2026 Sep; 33(9):e70402.
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Maybee J, DeBoer E, Cooper E, Brinton JT, Barnard JG, Prager J, Jackson A. Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study of the Effectiveness of the Childhood Dysphagia Management Scale (CDMS): Part 2 of a CDMS Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2026 Sep 10; 69(9):4200-4221.
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Wallace AS, Luther BL, Simonsen SE, Jackson S, Grigorian E, Wong B. Evaluating the impact of stable cellphone access and digital navigation on 6-month health outcomes and service connection in emergency care: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2026 07 24; 16(7):e113945.
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Kim S, Foote M, Zhang S, Twyford A, Fox A, Rosen JE. Understanding and Addressing Delays in Endocrine Surgery: Insights From a Mixed-Methods Study and a Pilot Educational Intervention. J Surg Oncol. 2026 Oct; 134(5):702-709.
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Miyagami T, Auerbach A, Schnipper JL, Ranji S, Barish P, Kantor MA, Dalal A, Lee T, Raffel KE. Informal peer diagnostic second opinion: Hospitalist practices and perspectives. J Hosp Med. 2026 Sep; 21(9):1022-1025.
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Gadbois EA, Bunker J, Daus M, Smith JM, Buss E, Jones CD, Thomas KS. Roles and Priorities Guiding Medicare Advantage Postacute Home Health Referrals. Am J Manag Care. 2026 Jul 01; 32(7):e249-e262.
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