title: Hospital activity. Go with the flow.
abstract: A project to reduce cross-boundary referrals has shown GP referrals have less effect on hospital activity than first thought. A high proportion of cross-boundary referrals are for procedures not carried out at local hospitals. The issues involved are complex and scope for reducing these referrals more limited than first believed.
authors.affiliation: Lanarkshire Cross-Boundary Flow Project, Lanarkshire Health Board.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006113:United Kingdom; D014600:Utilization Review