Referral patterns for common surgical procedures in Ontario: a cross-sectional population-level study
Improving surgical wait times by coordinating surgical referrals will require approaches that address the structure of existing referral networks. Most physicians refer their patients to a very small number of surgeons, suggesting that referring physicians largely do not individualize referrals to multiple different surgeons based on specific patient characteristics.
Authors
- Pieter de Jager (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3085-9532)
- Scott D. Emerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8055-3542)
- Merve Bodur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-3755)
- Chaim M. Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3778-9469)
- Dionne M. Aleman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-8544)
- Andrew J. Calzavara
- Nancy N. Baxter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-4620)
- Samantha Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1162-8744)
- Jonathan C. Irish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1631-2717)
- Claudia Zanchetta
- David R. Urbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-7337)
- Danielle Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2517-2602)
- Anna R. Gagliardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5721-809X)
- Marcy Saxe-Braithwaite
- Pardis Seyedi
- Michael Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8423-6747)
- Suting Yang
- Julie Takata
- Robert Campbell
Institutions
- RMIT University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2024-12-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cjs.002324
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.67
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research