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Consultation, Waiting, Prescribing and Referral Patterns: Some Methodological Considerations

Family Practice, 1994
This paper addresses the question of how large a sample is necessary before valid conclusions can be drawn with regard to average waiting and consultation times and prescribing and referral patterns for individual doctors. The statistical techniques of plotting cumulative means for these measures in relation to sample size, along with a formula using ...
J L, Campbell, R A, Elton
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Self-referral: Social and demographic determinants of consulting behaviour

Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 1983
This report, which is one of a series, is concerned with socio-demographic correlates of self-referral, and the extent to which the observed associations can be explained by variations in symptom prevalence and severity. Social class, marital status, employment status, and distance from health centre, all show small but significant associations with ...
J G, Ingham, P M, Miller
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Electrodiagnostic consultations in Zambia: Referral characteristics and neuromuscular disorders

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2019
Research on neuromuscular disorders in sub-Saharan Africa is scarce. We aimed to delineate referral characteristics and the neuromuscular disorders observed among electrodiagnostic (EDX) consultations in a tertiary care setting in Zambia.EDX records were reviewed for all specialist-performed studies after the establishment of the laboratory.
Michelle, Kvalsund, Patrice, Mukomena, Takondwa, Chidumayo, Gretchen L, Birbeck, Michael, Andary, Michael, Horner, David N, Herrmann   +6 more
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Consultation and referral patterns from a teaching hospital emergency department

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1993
The objective of this study was to describe consultation and referral patterns from a military emergency department (ED). The design of the study consisted of a prospective analysis of consultations and referrals from Madigan Army Medical Center ED during April 1990, an Army Medical Center with multiple residencies, including emergency medicine (EM ...
J M, Cortazzo, A T, Guertler, M M, Rice
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Pattern and spectrum of morphology referrals in breast pathology consultation

Pathology, 2008
We aimed to identify common reasons for second opinion breast pathology referrals at the Pathology Department, Singapore General Hospital, focusing on queries and diagnostic issues raised by referring clinicians and pathologists.Request forms for breast pathology consultations were retrieved from a specialist's correspondence files consisting of ...
Ana Richelia, Jara-Lazaro, Puay Hoon, Tan   +1 more
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Consultation and Referral Between Physicians in New Medical Practice Environments

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985
The traditional exchange of medical expertise between physicians for patient benefit has been accomplished by referral. Physicians have traditionally decided when and to whom to refer patients. Health care "systems" now dominate medical practice, and their formats can alter spontaneous collegial interaction in referral.
W A, Schaffer, F C, Holloman
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Referral to Hospital: Perceptions of Patients, General Practitioners and Consultants About Necessity and Suitability of Referral

Family Practice, 1987
A sample of new referrals from general practitioners to hospital specialists was examined from the points of view of the patient, general practitioner and consultant concerned with regard to the adequacy of the general practitioners' performance before referral, his ability to have managed without referral and the suitability of the specialist seen ...
J F, Grace, D, Armstrong
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Electronic consultations and referrals in Kymenlaakso Hospital District

1999
The meaning of this paper is to introduce the medical network which has been taken to Kymenlaakso Hospital District and the primary experiences in utilizing. Actual numeral results are not ready because of short time. First results will be ready in August 1999.
Läike Erkki, Koivu Timo, Järvinen Riitta, Ahtola Aarni   +3 more
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Guidelines for Selecting a Medical Herbalist for Consultation and Referral: Consulting a Medical Herbalist

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 1999
Many Americans are self-medicating with herbal medicines. Health care practitioners often need to consult with, and/or refer to a medical herbalist in order to fully address the herb information needs of their clients. This article provides a guideline for the health practitioner to use when assessing the competency and expertise of an herb ...
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End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care Consultation, and Palliative Care Referral in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review.

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2020
Jennifer G. Wilson, D. English, C. Owyang, Erica A. Chimelski, C. Grudzen, H. Wong, Rebecca A. Aslakson, Rebecca A. Aslakson, Katherine Ast, Thomas Carroll, E. Dzeng, Krista L. Harrison, E. Kaye, T. Leblanc, S. Lo, Kelly Mckenna, Savithri Nageswaran, James Powers, Joseph D. Rotella, C. Ullrich, Theresa Vickey   +20 more
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