Methods to Describe Referral Patterns in a Canadian Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Database: Modelling Multilevel Count Data

Methods to Describe Referral Patterns in a Canadian Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Database: Modelling Multilevel Count Data

Background:  A referral from a family physician (FP) to a specialist is an inflection point in the patient journey, with potential implications for clinical outcomes and health policy. Primary care electronic medical record (EMR) databases offer opportunities to examine referral patterns. Until rece...

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Main Authors: Bridget L Ryan, Joshua Shadd, Heather Maddocks, Moira Stewart, Amardeep Thind, Amanda L Terry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2017-11-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
Subjects:
"Referral and Consultation"[Mesh]
"Primary Health Care"[Mesh]
"Electronic Health Records"[Mesh]
"Practice Patterns, Physicians'"[Mesh]
Online Access:https://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/888

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