{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2142295880","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","title":"Referrals of patients by family physicians to consultants: a survey of the Israeli Family Practice Research Network","display_name":"Referrals of patients by family physicians to consultants: a survey of the Israeli Family Practice Research Network","publication_year":1998,"publication_date":"1998-04-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2142295880","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","mag":"2142295880","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9613485"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S52165136","display_name":"Family Practice","issn_l":"0263-2136","issn":["0263-2136","1460-2229"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Family Practice","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109946485","display_name":"Hava Tabenkin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2799294462","display_name":"Emek Medical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/02b988t02","country_code":"IL","type":"healthcare","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799294462","https://openalex.org/I64767286"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"H. Tabenkin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Family Medicine, Northern Region and H'emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Family Medicine, Northern Region and H'emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2799294462"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5064449016","display_name":"B Oren","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"B. Oren","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110313653","display_name":"Dov Steinmetz","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"D. Steinmetz","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5110313267","display_name":"Ada Tamir","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Tamir","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112157147","display_name":"Eliezer Kitai","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"E. Kitai","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":4892,"currency":"USD","value_usd":4892},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.0511,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81616045,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":87,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"15","issue":"2","first_page":"158","last_page":"164"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12918","display_name":"Healthcare Systems and Technology","score":0.9750999808311462,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12918","display_name":"Healthcare Systems and Technology","score":0.9750999808311462,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2739","display_name":"Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11590","display_name":"Primary Care and Health Outcomes","score":0.02449999935925007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2714","display_name":"Family Practice"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13555","display_name":"Healthcare cost, quality, practices","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3600","display_name":"General Health Professions"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/specialist-referral","display_name":"specialist referral","score":0.8140000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/general-practitioners","display_name":"general practitioners","score":0.9700000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/primary-care","display_name":"primary care","score":0.5600000023841858},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/referral-rates","display_name":"referral rates","score":0.9279999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/patient-age","display_name":"patient age","score":0.49900001287460327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-policy","display_name":"health policy","score":0.5419999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/health-care-costs","display_name":"health care costs","score":0.7730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/physician-training","display_name":"physician training","score":0.5019999742507935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality-assurance","display_name":"quality assurance","score":0.6800000071525574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/israel","display_name":"Israel","score":0.7630000114440918}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.9462687969207764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776135927","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5242559","display_name":"Referral","level":2,"score":0.8458249568939209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C512399662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3505712","display_name":"Family medicine","level":1,"score":0.7324416041374207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C160735492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31207","display_name":"Health care","level":2,"score":0.4100160002708435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[{"descriptor_ui":"D000328","descriptor_name":"Adult","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D002648","descriptor_name":"Child","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D003625","descriptor_name":"Data Collection","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D005194","descriptor_name":"Family Practice","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D005260","descriptor_name":"Female","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D006801","descriptor_name":"Humans","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D007557","descriptor_name":"Israel","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008297","descriptor_name":"Male","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D008511","descriptor_name":"Medicine","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":false},{"descriptor_ui":"D012017","descriptor_name":"Referral and Consultation","qualifier_ui":"Q000706","qualifier_name":"statistics & numerical data","is_major_topic":true},{"descriptor_ui":"D013038","descriptor_name":"Specialization","qualifier_ui":null,"qualifier_name":null,"is_major_topic":false}],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/15.2.158","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S52165136","display_name":"Family Practice","issn_l":"0263-2136","issn":["0263-2136","1460-2229"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","doyens","erih-plus","jufo-2","ki-jl-2","medline","norway-2","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311648","host_organization_name":"Oxford University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311648","https://openalex.org/P4310311647"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Oxford University Press","University of Oxford"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Family Practice","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:9613485","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9613485","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Family practice","raw_type":"Journal Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.8371999859809875}],"study_designs":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/study-designs/observational-study","display_name":"Observational Study"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2005162604","https://openalex.org/W2020634843","https://openalex.org/W135094908","https://openalex.org/W92526527","https://openalex.org/W2318805544","https://openalex.org/W2140400973","https://openalex.org/W2469050240","https://openalex.org/W112741424","https://openalex.org/W2182580350","https://openalex.org/W1991372790"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"OBJECTIVE:":[0],"We":[1,31],"aimed":[2],"to":[3,14,26,41,70,97,107,148,191,203,238,246,258,312],"analyse":[4],"factors":[5],"influencing":[6],"referral":[7,103,121,131],"of":[8,20,23,36,47,90,102,120,146,177,182,217,249,285,294,319,325],"patients":[9,65,94,186,198,280],"by":[10,38,136,263],"primary":[11,307],"care":[12,261],"physicians":[13,40,53,83,113,296],"specialist":[15,72,98,178],"consultants":[16],"at":[17,73],"the":[18,21,61,85,112,115,150,175,180,183,230,265,279,288,306,323],"beginning":[19],"era":[22],"direct":[24],"access":[25,237],"specialists":[27,42,147,208],"in":[28,55,130,139,229,277],"Israel.":[29],"METHODS:":[30],"carried":[32],"out":[33],"a":[34,44,56,71,171,250,316],"study":[35,62,86,219],"referrals":[37,59,152],"family":[39,52,295],"over":[43],"continuous":[45],"period":[46],"3":[48],"months.":[49],"Twenty-four":[50],"certified":[51],"filled":[54],"questionnaire":[57],"detailing":[58],"during":[60],"period.":[63],"All":[64],"were":[66,95,153,155,187,199],"referred":[67,96,188,200],"for":[68,226,233],"consultation":[69],"regional":[74],"speciality":[75],"clinics":[76],"or":[77,141],"hospital":[78,268],"out-patient":[79],"departments.":[80],"RESULTS:":[81],"Ten":[82],"met":[84],"conditions.":[87],"In":[88],"1140":[89],"10896":[91],"(10.5%)":[92],"visits,":[93],"consultants.":[99],"The":[100,109,128,144,215],"percentage":[101],"ranged":[104],"from":[105],"7.4":[106],"15.9%.":[108],"difference":[110],"between":[111,174],"with":[114],"lowest":[116],"and":[117,162,166,179,194,206,209,297,301,310,314,321],"highest":[118],"rates":[119,132],"was":[122,133,170],"statistically":[123],"significant":[124,137,172],"(P":[125,211],"<":[126,212],"0.0001).":[127],"variance":[129],"not":[134,245],"explained":[135],"differences":[138],"physician":[140],"practice":[142],"variables.":[143],"types":[145],"whom":[149],"most":[151],"made":[154],"orthopaedic":[156],"surgeons,":[157],"ophthalmologists,":[158,195],"dermatologists,":[159],"ear,":[160,204],"nose":[161,205],"throat,":[163],"general":[164],"surgeons":[165],"plastic":[167],"surgeons.":[168],"There":[169],"correlation":[173],"type":[176],"age":[181],"patient.":[184],"Older":[185],"more":[189,201,291,298],"frequently":[190,202],"urologists,":[192],"cardiologists":[193],"while":[196],"younger":[197],"throat":[207],"gynaecologists":[210],"0.01).":[213],"CONCLUSIONS:":[214],"results":[216],"this":[218],"can":[220],"be":[221,242],"used":[222],"as":[223],"an":[224],"aid":[225],"decision":[227],"makers":[228],"health":[231,260],"services":[232],"determining":[234],"policy.":[235],"Direct":[236],"some":[239],"specialties":[240],"might":[241,272],"appropriate,":[243],"but":[244],"all.":[247],"Adoption":[248],"policy":[251],"based":[252],"on":[253,267],"these":[254],"findings":[255],"could":[256],"lead":[257],"reduced":[259],"costs":[262],"reducing":[264],"burden":[266],"emergency":[269],"rooms.":[270],"It":[271],"also":[273],"increase":[274,305],"patient":[275],"satisfaction":[276],"that":[278],"will":[281,304],"have":[282],"greater":[283],"freedom":[284],"choice.":[286],"On":[287],"other":[289],"hand,":[290],"appropriate":[292],"training":[293],"extensive":[299],"self-":[300],"peer-quality":[302],"assurance":[303],"physician's":[308],"knowledge":[309],"ability":[311],"diagnose":[313],"treat":[315],"broad":[317],"range":[318],"problems":[320],"improve":[322],"level":[324],"care.":[326]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}