Density of Patient-Sharing Networks: Impact on the Value of Parkinson Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Optimal care for Parkinson's disease (PD) requires coordination and collaboration between providers within a complex care network. Individual patients have personalised networks of their own providers, creating a unique informal network of providers who treat ('share') the same patient. These 'patient-sharing networks' differ in density, ie, the number of identical patients they share. Denser patient-sharing networks might reflect better care provision, since providers who share many patients might have made efforts to improve their mutual care delivery. We evaluated whether the density of these patient-sharing networks affects patient outcomes and costs.

Methods

We analysed medical claims data from all PD patients in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2016. We focu

SUBMITTER: Vlaanderen FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808175 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature