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 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Referral and Consultation" by people in Profiles.
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Patient and Health Care Professional Perspectives About Referral, Self-Reported Use, and Perceived Importance of Digital Mental Health App Attributes in a Diverse Integrated Health System: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. JMIR Form Res. 2024 Nov 15; 8:e59831.
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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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Mental health screenings in dental settings: Feasibility and outcomes from a study by The National Dental Practice-Based Research Network. J Am Dent Assoc. 2024 Nov; 155(11):963-971.
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Early Childhood Care Coordination Through 211: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Pediatrics. 2024 Aug 01; 154(2).
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Emergency Department Referral of Patients With Chest Pain for Noninvasive Cardiac Testing and 2-Year Clinical Outcomes. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2024 Jun; 17(6):e010457.
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Referral and evaluation for kidney transplantation among patients with lupus nephritis-related end-stage kidney disease. Lupus. 2024 Jan; 33(1):48-57.
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Implementation of Social Isolation Screening and an Integrated Community Resource Referral Platform. J Am Board Fam Med. 2023 10 11; 36(5):803-816.
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Cost of Implementing an Evidence-Based Intervention to Support Safer Use of Antipsychotics in Youth. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2023 09; 50(5):725-733.
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Effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered primary care telemedicine intervention to increase access to pharmacotherapy and specialty treatment for alcohol use problems: Protocol for the alcohol telemedicine consult cluster-randomized pragmatic trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 12; 123:107004.
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Cross-sectional Comparison of Disparities by Race Using White vs Hispanic as Reference Among Children and Youths With Developmental Disabilities Referred for Speech Therapy. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 10 03; 5(10):e2234453.