ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2011
What do we actually know about the referral process?
Article in The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization of Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Referral Strategies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines and Primary Care Referral Pathways for the Management of Otorhinolaryngological Conditions in Pakistan.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Article
- Diabetes management at the grass-root level without gatekeeping: exploring the association between primary care seeking and health outcomes.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Development of clinical practice guidelines and primary care referral pathways for management of otorhinolaryngological conditions in Pakistan.BMC primary care · 2025Article
- Exploring the collaborative care of patients with pelvic fractures in Tshwane, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023Article
- To which non-physician health professionals do French general practitioners refer their patients to and what factors are associated with these referrals? Secondary analysis of the French national cross-sectional ECOGEN study.BMC health services research · 2022Observational
- The Accuracy of GP Referrals into Manchester Royal Eye Hospital Orthoptic Department.The British and Irish orthoptic journal · 2021Article
- Reorganising dermatology care: predictors of the substitution of secondary care with primary care.BMC health services research · 2020Article
- General practitioners referring patients to specialists in tertiary healthcare: a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2019Article
- What do we actually know about the referral process?The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2012Article
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