Defining a theoretical framework for a quality referral at the primary–secondary care interface: a systematic scoping review with qualitative content analysis
Samatar Osman, Rosie Harrison, Claire Burton, Samantha L Hider, Henna Raiyat, Victoria K Welsh, Alice Faux-Nightingale · 2026
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Samatar Osman and colleagues build a 2026 framework for what makes a referral from family doctors to hospital specialists a good one. Poor referral letters delay care and waste resources, yet no shared standard existed. Three databases supplied studies from 1999 to 2024 for a scoping review with qualitative analysis.
Fifty-four studies yielded four themes: complete patient history and tests, clear clinical reasoning, patient understanding and preference, and barriers such as time pressure. A practical checklist distilled those themes for daily use. The authors aim for letters that carry enough detail to act on without burying specialists in paperwork.
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| CREATOR | Samatar Osman, Rosie Harrison, Claire Burton, Samantha L Hider, Henna Raiyat, Victoria K Welsh, Alice Faux-Nightingale |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29388 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |