These referral patterns were unaffected by years in practice.
Health care has unique payment models, referral patterns, workforce expertise requirements, customer needs, and privacy regulations.
Financial interest in imaging equipment may affect the imaging referral patterns of ordering physicians.
Referral patterns were either to a plastic surgeon, ENT, OMF surgeon, General Surgeon, or other specialty.
These differences in referral patterns for pediatricians and FPs were statistically significant (P = 0.037).
To what measure these data have influenced referral patterns from low- to high-volume surgeons is unknown.
"Uncovering Waste in US Healthcare: Evidence from Ambulance Referral Patterns". Doyle, Joseph J., John A. Graves, and Jonathan Gruber.
This study was designed to investigate the prevailing referral patterns for common amblyogenic conditions in a defined geographic region.
To date, no large prospective study defining pain referral patterns for each cervical disc has been performed.
Effects on clinical referral patterns and patient volumes for individual faculty and sections were also evaluated.New rotations and services (clarifying faculty roles and appointments) were designed.
We compared referral patterns using standard statistical methods.
