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 286 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 2019 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1997	1	0	1
1999	0	3	3
2000	0	3	3
2001	3	2	5
2002	0	3	3
2003	2	5	7
2004	4	3	7
2005	2	4	6
2006	3	7	10
2007	4	4	8
2008	5	3	8
2009	5	8	13
2010	1	1	2
2011	7	4	11
2012	7	4	11
2013	6	6	12
2014	7	7	14
2015	11	7	18
2016	4	10	14
2017	4	10	14
2018	7	7	14
2019	12	12	24
2020	8	16	24
2021	2	14	16
2022	2	14	16
2023	1	6	7
2024	7	6	13

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Sellinger JJ, Rosen MI, Lazar CM, Gilstad-Hayden K, Dziura J, Li FY, Mattocks K, Weede A, Sullivan-Tibbs M, Rose L, Garcia Vassallo G, Manhapra A, Turner A, Vogt D, Woodward EN, Hartmann CW, Haskell SG, Mohammad A, Martino S. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for pain management for veterans separating from military service: study protocol of a hybrid type 2 study testing implementation facilitation versus training-as-usual. Pain Med. 2024 Nov 01; 25(Supplement_1):S99-S106.

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Moore PE, Hayden LP, Villafranco NM, Toprak D, Rice JL, Rhein LM, Popova AP, McKinney RL, Manimtim WM, Levin JC, Lai KV, Gage SC, Bansal M, Baker CD, Austin ED, Agarwal A, McGrath-Morrow SA, Collaco JM. Outpatient clinical care for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A survey of the BPD collaborative. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan; 60(1):e27296.

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Pbert L, Druker S, Crawford S, Frisard C, Bram J, Olendzki B, Andersen V, Hazelton J, Simone D, Trivedi M, Ryan G, Schneider K, Geller AC. A pediatric primary care practice-based obesity intervention to support families: a cluster-randomized clinical trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2024 Sep; 32(9):1721-1733.

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Cordova-Ramos EG, Burke J, Sileo N, McGean M, Torrice V, Mantri S, Parker MG, Drainoni ML. "We Don't Want to Screen for the Sake of Screening": A Qualitative Evaluation of a Social Needs Screening and Referral Intervention in the NICU. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2024 Jul-Sep 01; 38(3):271-279.

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Merideth F, Jabaily JB, Daunis D, Kontos N. C-L Case Conference: Explicit, Implicit, and Tacit Consultation Questions for a Patient With Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Agitation. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2024 Nov-Dec; 65(6):562-569.

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Mello MJ, Baird J, Spirito A, Lee LK, Kiragu A, Scott K, Zonfrillo MR, Christison-Lagay E, Bromberg J, Ruest S, Pruitt C, Lawson KA, Nasr IW, Aidlen JT, Maxson RT, Becker S. Implementing Screening, Brief Interventions, and Referral to Treatment at Pediatric Trauma Centers: A Step Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. J Pediatr Surg. 2024 Nov; 59(11):161618.

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Holstead RG. Utility of Large Language Models to Produce a Patient-Friendly Summary From Oncology Consultations. JCO Oncol Pract. 2024 Sep; 20(9):1157-1159.

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Evans SK, Ober AJ, Korn AR, Peltz A, Friedmann PD, Page K, Murray-Krezan C, Huerta S, Ryzewicz SJ, Tarhuni L, Nuckols TK, E Watkins K, Danovitch I. Contextual barriers and enablers to establishing an addiction-focused consultation team for hospitalized adults with opioid use disorder. Addict Sci Clin Pract. 2024 04 26; 19(1):31.

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Leary JC, Bagley H, Chan IT, Coates JL, Foote AM, Murzycki JE, Perkins TA, Landrigan CP, Freund KM, Garg A. Evaluating the Impact of a Pediatric Inpatient Social Care Program in a Community Hospital. Hosp Pediatr. 2024 04 01; 14(4):225-232.

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Schaefer AJ, Mackie T, Veerakumar ES, Sheldrick RC, Moore Simas TA, Valentine J, Cowley D, Bhat A, Davis W, Byatt N. Increasing Access To Perinatal Mental Health Care: The Perinatal Psychiatry Access Program Model. Health Aff (Millwood). 2024 04; 43(4):557-566.

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