B
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29% -- referral never scheduled rate for older patients referred to a specialist (2026)
29% of older patients referred to a specialist are never scheduled at all.
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29%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
Source
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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Tier B
https://referralmd.com/why-clinics-lose-referrals-before-booking/ ↗
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Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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older patients referred to a specialist: 29% referral never scheduled rate. Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/older-patients-referral-never-scheduled
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