Intra-professional and inter-professional referral patterns of chiropractors

Table 1 Intra-professional Relationships of Chiropractors

Question	Response	N (%)
Have you recommended patient try seeing other DC for complains?	Yes	385 (93.4)
	No	27 (6.6)
Do you recommend patients contact doctor on own or initiate formal referral yourself?	Patient contact doctor	134 (36.9)
	Doctor initiates referral	229 (63.1)
Have you referred a patient to other DC for evaluation or treatment	Yes	305 (73.7)
	No	109 (26.3)
How often referral includes sending case report? ^¶	Always	116 (41.9)
	Usually	74 (26.7)
	Sometimes	64 (23.1)
	Never	23 (8.3)
How often referral includes sending X-Rays or X-Ray report? ^¶	Always	130 (47.1)
	Usually	87 (31.5)
	Sometimes	43 (15.6)
	Never	16 (5.8)
How often referral includes sending clinical records other than X-Rays? ^¶	Always	100 (37.9)
	Usually	71 (26.9)
	Sometimes	73 (27.6)
	Never	20 (7.6)
How often referral includes sending reason for referrals? ^¶	Always	224 (84.8)
	Usually	27 (10.2)
	Sometimes	10 (3.8)
	Never	3 (1.1)
Have you accepted referral from other doctors?	Yes	320 (76.4)
	No	99 (23.6)
How often do you send clinical information to referring doctor as follow-up to referral? ^¥	Always	81 (25.9)
	Usually	91 (29.1)
	Sometimes	109 (34.8)
	Never	31 (9.9)
Have you refused referral from a doctor?	Yes	34 (8.2)
	No	381 (91.8)
Has other DC obtained clinical information or advice via curbside consultation	Yes	356 (84.6)
	No	65 (15.4)
Have you obtained clinical information or advice from another DC via curbside consultation?	Yes	342 (82.8)
	No	71 (17.2)

¶ – Questions are applicable for respondents who had referred a patient to another DC for evaluation or treatment.
¥ – Question is applicable for respondents who accepted a formal referral from a DC

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