Patient-sharing networks among Finnish primary healthcare professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems: a register study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Patient-sharing networks based on administrative data are used to understand the organisation of healthcare. We examined the patient-sharing networks between different professionals taking care of patients with mental health or substance use problems.

Design

Register study based on the Register of Primary Health Care visits (Avohilmo) that covers all outpatient primary health care visits in Finland.

Setting

We used the register data covering the visits for the service providers of seven municipalities, adult patients with at least one visit to a health and social service centre within one of the municipalities and visits during the year 2021.

Participants

We first selected patients with mental health or substance use problems based on psychiatric dia

SUBMITTER: Hietapakka L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11749436 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature