Effect of ambulatory utilization review on referrals from generalists to specialists |
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Authors: | CT Grimm AG Gomez |
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Affiliation: | Sepulveda Veterans Administration Medical Center, Calif 91343, USA. |
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Abstract: | We studied whether ambulatory utilization review (UR) alters how many patients internal medicine residents refer to sub-specialists, and whether the effect persists without reinforcement. We compared referral rates of residents from a firm that held UR meetings (intervention firm residents, n = 20) with those of residents from a firm that did not (control firm residents, n = 21). We then compared referral rates of 17 intervention firm residents while they were participating in UR with their rates after not participating for at least 4 weeks. Intervention firm residents submitted 30% fewer referrals than control firm residents (9% vs 13%, p = .05). However, the effect was short-lived; after 4 weeks without UR, intervention firm resident referral rates were similar to control firm referral rates. |
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