Patient referrals: a linchpin for increasing the value of care

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts5National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• ² Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts4Partners Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
• ³ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts3Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.