The association of insurance plan characteristics with physician patient-sharing network structure.

ABSTRACT: Professional and social connections among physicians impact patient outcomes, but little is known about how characteristics of insurance plans are associated with physician patient-sharing network structure. We use information from commercially insured enrollees in the 2011 Massachusetts All Payer Claims Database to construct and examine the structure of the physician patient-sharing network using standard and novel social network measures. Using regression analysis, we examine the association of physician patient-sharing network measures with an indicator of whether a patient is enrolled in a health maintenance organization (HMO) or preferred provider organization (PPO), controlling for patient and insurer characteristics and observed health status. We find patients enrolled in HMOs see p

SUBMITTER: Geissler KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8192486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature