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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| 2013 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| 2016 | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2020 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2021 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2022 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Access to Evaluation for Liver Transplantation in the Veterans Health Administration. Dig Dis Sci. 2025 Feb; 70(2):552-565.
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Design and Framework of a Technology-Based Closed-Loop Referral Project for Care Coordination of Social Determinants of Health. Popul Health Manag. 2024 Dec; 27(6):390-396.
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Consensus palliative care referral criteria for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax. 2024 Oct 16; 79(11):1006-1016.
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Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27296.
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Radiology Reporting Preferences: What Do Referring Clinicians Want? Acad Radiol. 2025 Jan; 32(1):439-449.
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Changes in Specialist Palliative Consults for Adults on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Since the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Palliat Med. 2024 Jul; 27(7):840-841.
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Perspectives of pediatric oncologists on referral for CAR-T therapy: a mixed methods pilot study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2024 Jul 01; 8(4).
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Utility of Whole Slide Imaging for Intraoperative Consultation: Experience of a Large Academic Center. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Jun 01; 148(6):715-721.
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Development of palliative care clinical practice guidelines and referral care pathways for primary care practitioners in Pakistan. BMC Palliat Care. 2024 May 01; 23(1):112.
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C-L Case Conference: Assessment of Dispositional Capacity in Medically Complex Patients. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Jul-Aug; 65(4):379-387.