Title: Referral patterns in an individual family practice.
Abstract:This retrospective study of referral patterns in an individual private practice demonstrates that the family physician provides a definitive care for the large majority of patient problems in everyday...This retrospective study of referral patterns in an individual private practice demonstrates that the family physician provides a definitive care for the large majority of patient problems in everyday practice and does not function primarily as a triage officer. Ninety-seven percent of all patient contacts, both ambulatory and in-hospital, were managed by the individual physician and his staff. Two-and-one-half percent of patient contacts required consultation with local specialists, and only .5 percent required referral to a tertiary care center. These results are compared with other large-scale population studies of the "ecology" of medical care and with other recent studies of referral patterns in family practice.Read More
Publication Year: 1977
Publication Date: 1977-09-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['pubmed']
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