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标题：Trends in Referrals from Croatian Family Practice in Relation to Specialists’ Consultations: A Longitudinal Observational Study from 1995 to 2012
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作者：Sorić, Ana Marija ; Livaković, Zrinka ; Martinović-Galijašević, Senka 等
期刊名称：Collegium Antropologicum
印刷版ISSN：0350-6134
出版年度：2014
卷号：38
期号：Supplement 2
页码：43-48
语种：English
出版社：Hrvatsko antropološko društvo
摘要：Drug prescribing and referrals to specialists’ consultations, as the indicators of the quality of health care, were not so often monitored in Croatian family medicine. The aims of the study are to determine the trends of referrals from family doctors to specialists’ consultations and the trends of specialists’ consultations utilization. The study is based on routinely collected data from the Croatian Health Service Yearbooks, 1995–2012. The results indicate that from 1995 to 2012 the visits to family doctors almost doubled, while the number of referrals increased by 60%. The referral rate only slightly increased, from 24 to 29% of the total number of visits. The number of specialists’ consultations showed continuous growth and exceeded the number of referrals. The observed trends are not sufficient to explain referral patterns and utilization of specialists’ services; therefore, a far more complex research is required.
关键词：referrals; specialists’ consultations; trends; family medicine; Croatia