Communication between general practitioners and medical specialists in the referral process: a cross-sectional survey in 34 countries.

Scaioli, Giacomo; Schäfer, Willemijn L A; Boerma, Wienke G W; Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M; Schellevis, François G; Groenewegen, Peter P

Scaioli, Giacomo; Schäfer, Willemijn L A; Boerma, Wienke G W; Spreeuwenberg, Peter M M; Schellevis, François G; Groenewegen, Peter P.

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Scaioli G; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Turin, Piazza Polonia, 94, 10126, Torino, Italy.
Schäfer WLA; Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 633 N. St Clair Street, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Boerma WGW; NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO box 1568, Utrecht, 3500BN, The Netherlands.
Spreeuwenberg PMM; NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO box 1568, Utrecht, 3500BN, The Netherlands.
Schellevis FG; NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research), PO box 1568, Utrecht, 3500BN, The Netherlands.
Groenewegen PP; Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam, 1081 BT, the Netherlands.

BMC Fam Pract ; 21(1): 54, 2020 03 17.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32183771

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Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration; General Practitioners; Information Dissemination/methods; Interdisciplinary Communication; Primary Health Care; Referral and Consultation; Secondary Care/organization & administration; Specialization; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Internationality; Interprofessional Relations; Male; Middle Aged; Needs Assessment; Patient Satisfaction; Primary Health Care/methods; Primary Health Care/organization & administration; Primary Health Care/standards; Quality of Health Care; Referral and Consultation/organization & administration; Referral and Consultation/standards

Key words

Communication; Continuity of care; Primary care; Referrals; Secondary care

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Primary Health Care / Referral and Consultation / Specialization / Secondary Care / Continuity of Patient Care / Information Dissemination / Interdisciplinary Communication / General Practitioners Type of study: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2020 Type: Article

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