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ArticleBMC health services research2026

Dissecting medical referrals in health services: role of physician professional networks.

Regina de Brito Duarte, Qiwei Han, Claudia Soares

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Article in BMC health services research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Regina de Brito DuarteInstituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, 1049-001, Portugal.
Qiwei HanNova School of Business and Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Carcavelos, 2755-405, Portugal. qiwei.han@novasbe.pt.
Claudia SoaresNova School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, 2825-149, Portugal.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Graph Neural NetworksHealthcare CoordinationHealth Services ResearchLink PredictionMedical ReferralsProfessional NetworksSocial Network Analysis

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PMID41968342
PMCPMC13371175

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