Family practice providers and internal medicine providers are referring at rates of 25 and 29 percent, respectively, according to the study. For each of those providers, 11 percent of the referrals were consults.
Here are the top five referred-to specialties by family practitioners for consults:
• Gastroenterology: 1.6 percent per-visit referral rate
• Physical Therapy: 1.4 percent
• Orthopedic Surgery: .9 percent
• Podiatry: .7 percent
• Dermatology: .7 percent
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