Children referred for specialty care: Parental perspectives and preferences on referral, follow-up and primary care
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Improving care coordination in the specialty referral process between primary and specialty care.
There is growing evidence of sub-optimal care coordination in the US. Care coordination includes the specialty referral process, which involves referral decision-making and information transfer between primary and specialty care. This article summarizes the evidence of sub-optimal care coordination in this process, as well as potential strategies to improve it.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1034-4810
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13321