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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1998 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2006 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2008 | 10 | 9 | 19 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2011 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 2013 | 12 | 18 | 30 |
| 2014 | 17 | 19 | 36 |
| 2015 | 9 | 17 | 26 |
| 2016 | 20 | 16 | 36 |
| 2017 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| 2018 | 9 | 12 | 21 |
| 2019 | 12 | 26 | 38 |
| 2020 | 9 | 22 | 31 |
| 2021 | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| 2022 | 2 | 28 | 30 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Inequities in referrals to a breast cancer risk assessment and prevention clinic: a mixed methods study. BMC Prim Care. 2023 08 25; 24(1):165.
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Establishing a Fetal Center in a Freestanding Pediatric Hospital. Neoreviews. 2023 08 01; 24(8):e471-e478.
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Teaching during Consults: Effects of Multiple Educational Interventions on Satisfaction with Consultant Interactions among Internal Medicine Residents. South Med J. 2023 06; 116(6):506-510.
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Implementation and outcomes of a comprehensive emergency care curriculum at a low-resource referral hospital in Liberia: A novel approach to application of the WHO Basic Emergency Care toolkit. PLoS One. 2023; 18(3):e0282690.
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The Impact of Within-Consultation and Preconsultation Decision Aids for Localized Prostate Cancer on Patient Knowledge: Results of a Patient-Level Randomized Trial. Urology. 2023 05; 175:90-95.
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Factors Associated With Inpatient Subspecialty Consultation Patterns Among Pediatric Hospitalists. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 03 01; 6(3):e232648.
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Palliative and Supportive Care Consultation for Patients With Malignant Gastrointestinal Obstruction is Associated With Broad Interdisciplinary Management. Ann Surg. 2023 02 01; 277(2):284-290.
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Agreement between patient's description of abdominal symptoms of possible upper gastrointestinal cancer and general practitioner consultation notes: a qualitative analysis of video-recorded UK primary care consultation data. BMJ Open. 2023 01 05; 13(1):e058766.
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Should Outpatient Palliative Care Clinics in Cancer Centers be Stand Alone or Embedded? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2023 02; 65(2):e165-e170.
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A Road Map for Academic Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Practices to Increase Access. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2022 12 01; 43(9):540-544.