Health Care

Referral and Consultation

The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.

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Abstract

The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Consultation and Referral
  • Consultation
  • Gatekeepers, Health Service
  • Health Service Gatekeepers
  • Hospital Referral
  • Hospital Referrals
  • Referral
  • Referral, Hospital
  • Referrals, Hospital
  • Second Opinion
  • Consultations
  • Gatekeeper, Health Service
  • Health Service Gatekeeper
  • Opinion, Second
  • Opinions, Second
  • Referrals
  • Second Opinions

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Interprofessional Relations (1966-1967)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Referral and Consultation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012017. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012017
  2. Referral and Consultation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referral_(medicine)
  3. Referral and Consultation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667988