The Impact of Provider Networks on the Co-Prescriptions of Interacting Drugs: A Claims-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Multiple provider prescribing of interacting drugs is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, and fragmented care is a major contributing factor. We applied social network analysis to examine the impact of provider patient-sharing networks on the risk of multiple provider prescribing of interacting drugs.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of commercial healthcare claims (years 2008-2011), including all non-elderly adult beneficiaries (n = 88,494) and their constellation of care providers. Patient-sharing networks were derived based on shared patients, and care constellation cohesion was quantified using care density, defined as the ratio between the total number of patients shared by provider pairs and the total number of provider pairs withi

SUBMITTER: Ong MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5385257 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature