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Referral Delay Reduction

Referral Delay Reduction is a methodological construct within healthcare operations management that specifically identifies and mitigates systemic inefficiencies in the processing and transmission of patient referrals to decrease the time between initial clinical decision and specialist consultation.

96

Publications

3.8K

Citations

382

Authors

200

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

29

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Publications

96

Effect on survival of delays in referral of patients with breast-cancer symptoms: a retrospective analysis

J R C Sainsbury, C. Johnston, Bob Haward · The Lancet · 1999 · 202 citations

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Rethinking diagnostic delay in cancer: how difficult is the diagnosis?

Georgios Lyratzopoulos, Greg Rubin · BMJ · 2014 · 175 citations · Full text

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Early referral and its impact on emergent first dialyses, health care costs, and outcome

Rj Schmidt, JR Domico, Sorkin Mi et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 1998 · 174 citations

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Information given to patients before appointments and its effect on non-attendance rate

Kevin Hardy, Sarah O’Brien, N Furlong · BMJ · 2001 · 128 citations · Full text

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Predictors of missed appointments for psychiatric consultations in a primary care clinic

Michael F. Grunebaum, Philip Luber, Mark Callahan et al. · Psychiatric Services · 1996 · 118 citations

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Authors

382

  1. KE
    Katherine E. Harding

    Eastern Health, Australia

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  2. NF
    Nicholas F. Taylor

    La Trobe University, Australia

    2 publications · 31 citations

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  3. KA
    Kevin A. Schulman

    Duke University, United States

    2 publications · 136 citations

    2

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  4. LC
    Lynne C. Einbinder

    Georgetown University Medical Center, United States

    2 publications · 136 citations

    2

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  5. PC
    Ping-Shun Chen

    Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan

    3 publications · 46 citations

    2

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Institutions

200

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    376 citations

  2. Duke Medical Center

    Durham, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    275 citations

  3. Queensland Health

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    49 citations

  4. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    108 citations

  5. Nanyang Technological University

    Singapore, Singapore

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    60 citations

  6. Eastern Health

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    124 citations

  7. Tan Tock Seng Hospital

    Singapore, Singapore

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  8. Chung Yuan Christian University

    Taoyuan City, Taiwan

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    112 citations

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Venues

  1. BMJ

    9 publications · 535 citations

    9

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 321 citations

    8

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  3. Medical Care Research and Review

    MCRR · 2 publications · 136 citations

    2

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  4. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

    2 publications · 72 citations

    2

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  5. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

    AJEM · 2 publications · 50 citations

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