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Table 3.

Patient referral patterns of 116 DCs-n (%)

Incoming Referrals
	Several per day	Several per week	Several per month	Several per year	Never
Primary Care	70%	21%	5%	2%	3%
Pain Medicine	16	28	31	16	9
Physiatry	10	20	27	16	28
Orthopedic surgery	1	2	14	41	43
Neurology	0	6	22	34	39
Emergency Dept	0	5	16	31	47
Neurosurgery	0	4	17	29	49
Rheumatology	0	1	10	32	57
Spinal Cord Injury	0	2	4	28	66
Podiatry	0	2	8	24	66
Dentistry	0	0	0	10	90
Optometry	0	0	0	1	99
Outgoing referrals
	Several per day	Several per week	Several per month	Several per year	Never
Primary Care	6%	22%	38%	23%	11%
Pain Medicine	3	8	47	27	16
Physiatry	3	4	36	29	28
Orthopedic surgery	1	2	18	47	33
Neurosurgery	0	1	14	53	33
Neurology	0	1	14	53	33
Podiatry	0	1	14	47	39
Emergency Dept	0	0	4	53	43
Rheumatology	0	0	6	40	54
Spinal Cord Injury	0	0	0	16	85
Dentistry	0	0	1	7	92
Optometry	0	0	1	9	91