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Review

Electronic referral systems in health care: a scoping review

Amilcar Azamar-Alonso1 Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Andrew P Costa1 Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;2 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;3 Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lori-Anne Huebner4 The eHealth Centre of Excellence, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;5 Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Jean-Eric Tarride1 Center for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;2 Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;6 Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH), The Research Institute of St. Joe’s, St Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Pages 325-333 | Published online: 06 May 2019

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