Cooperation Improvement in an Integrated Healthcare Network: A Social Network Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cooperation is a core feature of integrated healthcare systems and an important link in their value-creating mechanism. The premise is that providers who cooperate can promote more efficient use of health services while improving health outcomes. We studied the performance of an integrated healthcare system in improving regional cooperation.

Methods

Using claims data and social network analysis, we constructed the professional network from 2004 to 2017. Cooperation was studied by analyzing the evolution of network properties at network and physician practice (node) level. The impact of the integrated system was studied with a dynamic panel model that compared practices that participated in the integrated system versus nonparticipants.

Results

The regional n

SUBMITTER: Larrain N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10312245 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature