Table 5 Care coordination and other information related to the referral
From: Bridging the care continuum: patient information needs for specialist referrals
Question. | Â |
|---|---|
Did your referring doctor gave you information about how often you might see the specialist | |
Yes - | 72(29%) |
No | 178(71%) |
Did your referring doctor give you information, that is, test reports, notes, x-rays, to take to the specialist? Did he/she.... | |
   Send everything to the specialist office | 123(49%) |
   Send some information, but you also had to go and get some | 27(11%) |
   Give you everything to take to the specialist office | 26 (10% |
   Tell you where to go to get the information that you needed to take to the specialist | 6(3%) |
   Did not send anything; didn't give you anything/didn't tell you to get anything for the specialist visit | 68(27%) |
Are you still seeing your referring doctor? | Â |
   Yes | 197(79%) |
   No, the specialist is managing my care | 31(12%) |
   No, I am seeing another primary care provider | 22(9%) |
Did the specialist order any tests and procedures that your or referring had already done? | Â |
   Yes | 76(30%) |
   No | 174(70%) |
Did the specialist give you information that conflicted with what your referring doctor gave you about your problem? | Â |
   Yes | 44(18%) |
   No | 206(82%) |
Are you still seeing the specialist for your condition? | Â |
   Yes | 181(72%) |
   No, I don't need to see the specialist for this condition | 27(11%) |
   No, my primary care doctor is managing my care | 31(12%) |
   No, I am seeing another specialist for my problem | 11(5%) |
When you returned to your primary care doctor did he/she give you the same information about your problem as you got from the specialist? | Â |
   Got exactly the same information from my regular doctor that I got from the specialist | 122(49%) |
   Got almost the same information | 38(15%) |
   I am not sure/I haven't seen my regular doctor after the specialist visit | 43(17%) |
   Somewhat different from what the specialist told me | 9(4%) |
   Very different from what the specialist told me | 5(2%) |
   My regular doctor didn't have any information about the specialist visit and couldn't discuss the matter with me | 33(13%) |