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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N04.452.758.849
Concept/Terms	Referral and Consultation Referral and Consultation Consultation and Referral Gatekeepers, Health Service Gatekeepers, Health Service Health Service Gatekeepers Gatekeeper, Health Service Health Service Gatekeeper Referral Referral Referrals Second Opinion Second Opinion Opinion, Second Opinions, Second Second Opinions Consultation Consultation Consultations Hospital Referral Hospital Referral Referral, Hospital Referrals, Hospital Hospital Referrals

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Referral and Consultation".

Health Care [N]
Health Services Administration [N04]
Organization and Administration [N04.452]
Professional Practice [N04.452.758]
Referral and Consultation [N04.452.758.849]

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Bar chart showing 102 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	2	3
2003	1	2	3
2004	0	3	3
2005	3	3	6
2006	2	4	6
2007	2	1	3
2008	3	0	3
2009	2	0	2
2010	3	1	4
2011	2	2	4
2012	3	4	7
2013	1	2	3
2014	3	5	8
2015	2	1	3
2016	1	4	5
2017	1	6	7
2018	3	1	4
2019	3	4	7
2020	4	1	5
2021	2	3	5
2022	0	2	2
2023	0	5	5
2024	0	1	1

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Songiso M, Nu?ez O, Cabanes A, Mutale M, Munalula J, Pupwe G, Henry-Tillman R, Parham GP. Three-year survival of breast cancer patients attending a one-stop breast care clinic nested within a primary care health facility in sub-Saharan Africa-Zambia. Int J Cancer. 2024 Jul 15; 155(2):261-269.

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Brown LL, Perkins JM, Shepherd BE, Ramasamy S, Wilkins M, Osman A, Turner M, Link T, Edgerton R, Suiter SV, Pettit AC. Piloting Safety and Stabilization: A Multi-component Trauma Intervention to Improve HIV Viral Suppression, Retention in Care, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in a Southern United States HIV Service Organization. AIDS Behav. 2024 Jan; 28(1):174-185.

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Daniel O, Ashrafi A, Muthoni MA, Njoki N, Eric H, Marilynn O, Faith AB, Beth WG, Nyakio M, Odero-Marah V, Ragin C, Llanos AAM. Delayed breast cancer presentation, diagnosis, and treatment in Kenya. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Dec; 202(3):515-527.

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Sanchez DE, Low J, Lucas MI, Kwong A, Baqai W, Ahmed S, Frencher S. eConsult Provides a Novel Opportunity to Evaluate Hematuria Referrals for Medicaid Patients in the "Real-World" Community. Urol Pract. 2023 05; 10(3):237-243.

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Shirriff A, Gragas A, Tabak B, Abella M, Ahn HJ, Woo R. Efficacy of Telehealth in Preoperative Pediatric Surgery Consultations. J Surg Res. 2023 08; 288:240-245.

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Kracher S, Bayette L, Young D, Goebert DA, Guerrero M, Agapoff JA. Utilization of Nurse-Administered Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in a Brief Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. J Addict Nurs. 2023 Apr-Jun 01; 34(2):131-134.

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Jafry MZ, Reuven SM, Britton M, Chen TA, Martinez Leal I, Rogova A, Kyburz B, Williams T, Patel M, Reitzel LR. Providers' Non-Cigarette Tobacco Use Intervention Practices in Relation to Beliefs about Patients, Prioritization of and Skills for Intervention, and Referral Knowledge in Texas Healthcare Centers Providing Care to Persons with Behavioral Health Needs. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 11 01; 19(21).

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Aceves B, Gunn R, Pisciotta M, Razon N, Cottrell E, Hessler D, Gold R, Gottlieb LM. Social Care Recommendations in National Diabetes Treatment Guidelines. Curr Diab Rep. 2022 10; 22(10):481-491.

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Grenn E, Kutcher M, Hillegass WB, Iwuchukwu C, Kyle A, Bruehl S, Goodin B, Myers H, Rao U, Nag S, Kinney K, Dickens H, Morris MC. Social determinants of trauma care: Associations of race, insurance status, and place on opioid prescriptions, postdischarge referrals, and mortality. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2022 05 01; 92(5):897-905.

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Wang Q, Adhikari SP, Wu Y, Sunil TS, Mao Y, Ye R, Sun C, Shi Y, Zhou C, Sylvia S, Rozelle S, Zhou H. Consultation length, process quality and diagnosis quality of primary care in rural China: A cross-sectional standardized patient study. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 04; 105(4):902-908.

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