F. Maggsrapport et al., IN-HOUSE REFERRAL - CHANGING GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS ROLES IN THE REFERRAL OF PATIENTS TO SECONDARY CARE, Social science & medicine, 46(1), 1998, pp. 131-136
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Social Sciences, Biomedical","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Innovative approaches to patient management are needed to ensure that
only those patients who would benefit most are referred from primary t
o secondary care. This report describes an exploratory study in which
general practitioners adopted the role of reviewing the management of
patients who would otherwise be referred to hospital. Patients in eigh
t general practices in South Wales were referred In-house by general p
ractitioners to a colleague in the practice who reviewed the need for
hospital care. Qualitative data from interviews and questionnaires is
presented. In-house referral appears to be acceptable, practical and o
f value to both general practitioners and patients. (C) 1998 Published
by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.