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 340 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 26 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	3	5
1997	1	1	2
1998	2	1	3
1999	5	5	10
2000	2	5	7
2001	3	2	5
2002	3	2	5
2003	2	4	6
2004	2	6	8
2005	3	4	7
2006	3	0	3
2007	2	10	12
2008	4	8	12
2009	7	7	14
2010	3	11	14
2011	5	3	8
2012	3	2	5
2013	0	10	10
2014	5	12	17
2015	12	14	26
2016	6	10	16
2017	14	9	23
2018	9	14	23
2019	9	9	18
2020	4	14	18
2021	4	13	17
2022	2	11	13
2023	2	11	13
2024	9	8	17
2025	2	1	3

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Yeramaneni S, Chang ST, Cheung RC, Chalfin DB, Sangha K, Levy HR, Boltyenkov AT. Comparison of Referral Rates and Costs Using Fibrosis-4 and Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) Testing Strategies for Initial Evaluation of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) in a Veteran Population. J Appl Lab Med. 2025 May 02; 10(3):593-604.

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Hark LA, Gorroochurn P, Pizzi LT, Jutkowitz E, Goulak AM, Maruri SC, Harizman N, Horowitz JD, Park L, Wang Q, Diamond DF, Valenzuela IA, Torres DR, Wang Y, Sharma T, Liebmann JM, Cioffi GA. Patient Navigators Improve In-Office Eye Exam Adherence After Community Eye Screenings in a Randomized Clinical Trial: NYC-SIGHT Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2025 Jun; 274:54-66.

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Corsi D, Saraiya A, Doyle M, Shah V, O'Malley B, Qiu G, Lanstaff R, Masood I, Osler B, Hajduczok AG, Johnson D, Shipon D. Cardiac screening findings and referral patterns in male African-American basketball players: Analysis of the HeartBytes Registry. Am J Cardiol. 2025 May 15; 243:73-80.

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Milman T, Martinez OGG, Calotti M, Henry RK, Eagle RC. Consultations in Eye Pathology: Experience at an Ophthalmology Specialty Hospital. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2024 Dec 01; 148(12):1279-1291.

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Fenwick K, Kreider M, Kates J. The Development and Clinical Impact of an Innovative Palliative Care Lever Tool for Individuals With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Quality Improvement Project. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Nov; 42(11):1161-1168.

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Wang Q, Valenzuela IA, Harizman N, Gorroochurn P, Torres DR, Maruri SC, Diamond DF, Horowitz JD, Friedman DS, De Moraes CG, Cioffi GA, Liebmann JM, Hark LA. Glaucoma Screening and Referral Risk Factors in a High-Risk Population: Follow-Up Study of the Manhattan Vision Screening Study. J Glaucoma. 2025 Mar 01; 34(3):164-174.

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Gannon M, Hand D, Short VL, Carrubba T, Thiele G, Pancoe S, Lawson S, Haerizadeh-Yazdi N, Keith SW, Abatemarco D. "Someone is there with you through this [pregnancy] that isn't seeing you through a negative lens": Considerations for integrating doula referrals into opioid treatment programs. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 Feb; 169:209585.

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Ong SWX, Luo J, Fridman DJ, Lee SM, Johnstone J, Schwartz KL, Diong C, Patel SN, MacFadden DR, Langford BJ, Tong SYC, Brown KA, Daneman N. Association Between Infectious Diseases Consultation and Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Gram-negative Bloodstream Infection: A Retrospective Population-wide Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 10 15; 79(4):855-863.

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Bardach SH, Lichtenstein JD, Velcani F, Perry AN, Oliver BJ, Martin CF, Parsonnet J. A Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) Clinic in Rural New England. Am J Med Qual. 2024 Sep-Oct 01; 39(5):244-250.

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Westphal SG, Abu Jawdeh BG, Yadav A. The Kidney Transplant Journey: Passing the Baton From Transplant Nephrologists to Referring Nephrologist. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2024 Sep; 31(5):385-386.

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