| Title |
Reasons for Choice of Referral Physician Among Primary Care and Specialist Physicians
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of General Internal Medicine, September 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s11606-011-1861-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael L. Barnett, Nancy L. Keating, Nicholas A. Christakis, A. James O’Malley, Bruce E. Landon |
| Abstract |
Specialty referral patterns can affect health care costs as well as clinical outcomes. For a given clinical problem, referring physicians usually have a choice of several physicians to whom they can refer. Once the decision to refer is made, the choice of individual physician may have important downstream effects. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 146 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 16% |
| Researcher | 22 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 22 | 15% |
| Other | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 10 | 7% |
| Other | 31 | 21% |
| Unknown | 30 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 57 | 38% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 5% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Unknown | 36 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
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#1,985
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#11,874
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#8
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