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Evaluation of the quality of referral letters: experience of a Brazilian oral medicine service
Department of Oral DiagnosisRodrigues, Camila Real Delegá; Department of Oral DiagnosisFernandes, Patrícia Maria; Department of Oral DiagnosisSantos-Silva, Alan Roger; Department of Oral DiagnosisVargas, Pablo Agustin; Department of Oral DiagnosisLopes, Marcio Ajudarte.
  • Department of Oral DiagnosisRodrigues, Camila Real Delegá; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Piracicaba Dental School. Department of Oral DiagnosisRodrigues, Camila Real Delegá. Piracicaba. BR
  • Department of Oral DiagnosisFernandes, Patrícia Maria; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Piracicaba Dental School. Department of Oral DiagnosisFernandes, Patrícia Maria. Piracicaba. BR
  • Department of Oral DiagnosisSantos-Silva, Alan Roger; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Piracicaba Dental School. Department of Oral DiagnosisSantos-Silva, Alan Roger. Piracicaba. BR
  • Department of Oral DiagnosisVargas, Pablo Agustin; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Piracicaba Dental School. Department of Oral DiagnosisVargas, Pablo Agustin. Piracicaba. BR
  • Department of Oral DiagnosisLopes, Marcio Ajudarte; Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Piracicaba Dental School. Department of Oral DiagnosisLopes, Marcio Ajudarte. Piracicaba. BR
Braz. oral res. (Online) ; 35: e037, 2021. tab, graf
Artigo em Inglês | LILACS, BBO | ID: biblio-1249371
ABSTRACT
Abstract Optimizing the quality of referral letters could be the first step to a correct clinical approach for patients. Referral letters should be legible and contain the necessary information to avoid delaying the patient's diagnosis and treatment. However, to date, few studies have been conducted on how referrals are performed in Brazil. Knowledge regarding the quality of referral letters can provide information to better guide health care professionals. This study was aimed at analyzing all referrals received by a single oral medicine service in Brazil. Referral letters were classified into poor, regular, good, and excellent based on key items concerning the primary morphology of the lesion, location, diagnostic hypothesis, symptomatology, time of evolution, consistency, size, and limits. A total of 500 referral letters were evaluated, including 271 (54.2%) from a private service and 229 (45.8%) from a public service. Dentists and physicians had written 475 (95%) and 25 (5%) referral letters, respectively. Among the 500 referrals analyzed in this study, the number of regular, poor, good, and excellent referrals was 236 (47.2%), 203 (40.6%), 58 (11.6%), and one (0.6%), respectively, showing a lack of important clinical information in referrals.
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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Encaminhamento e Consulta / Medicina Bucal Tipo de estudo: Estudos de avaliação Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Brasil Idioma: Inglês Revista: Braz. oral res. (Online) Assunto da revista: Odontologia Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR

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Texto completo: DisponíveL Índice: LILACS (Américas) Assunto principal: Encaminhamento e Consulta / Medicina Bucal Tipo de estudo: Estudos de avaliação Limite: Humanos País/Região como assunto: América do Sul / Brasil Idioma: Inglês Revista: Braz. oral res. (Online) Assunto da revista: Odontologia Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Artigo País de afiliação: Brasil Instituição/País de afiliação: Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR