0 the act of directing someone to a different place or person for information, help, or action, often to a person or group with more knowledge or power:
The doctor gave him a referral to (= arranged for him to see) the consultant.
1 an act of sending someone or something to a person or place where what is wanted or needed can be obtained:
Her doctor gave her a referral to a specialist.
2 the act of directing someone to a different place or person for information, help, or action:
3 someone who is directed to a different place or person for information, help, or action:
Only in a small proportion of cases were referrals made purely on grounds of existing illness in patient or family.
For many, trust was borne out of positive experience from past referrals.
Families were recruited through postcards sent to several local neighborhoods, flyers, booths at community functions, and referrals from other participants.
It is important to foster inter-professional trust and robust referral systems.
Our sample was, therefore, more representative of patients placed on an order and less subject to referral or selection bias.
In four of the eight sites less than one-third of subjects received any type of referral for follow-up evaluation or care.
The psychological trauma of waiting results in many patients electing for private referral.
I arranged for a referral to the local hospital.
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