Referral and Consultation
"Referral and Consultation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide.
| Descriptor ID |
D012017
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N04.452.758.849
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| Concept/Terms |
Second Opinion- Second Opinion
- Opinion, Second
- Opinions, Second
- Second Opinions
Hospital Referral- Hospital Referral
- Referral, Hospital
- Referrals, Hospital
- Hospital Referrals
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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