ArticleBMC health services research2010
Network organizations of general practitioners: antecedents of formation and consequences of participation.
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- Applications of network analysis to routinely collected health care data: a systematic review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2018Pooled it
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- Beyond patient-sharing: Comparing physician- and patient-induced networks.Health care management science · 2022Article
- The influential role of personal advice networks on general practitioners' performance: a social capital perspective.BMC health services research · 2017Article
- Unfolding similarity in interphysician networks: the impact of institutional and professional homophily.BMC health services research · 2015Article
- Physicians' propensity to collaborate and their attitude towards EBM: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundNetwork forms of organization are increasingly popular in primary care. At the end of the 1990s General Practitioners (GPs) in Italy were given the opportunity to adopt network forms of organization with the aim of improving the quality of their services. However factors affecting GPs' choices to join a network and the consequences of network membership have not been evaluated.
methodsAdministrative data of a Local Health Authority in Central Italy were analyzed using statistical methods at individual and dyadic levels of analysis.
resultsHomophily factors seem to influence a GP's choice of network. The consequences of network membership on GP performances seem very limited.
conclusionsWhen considering to foster the diffusion of network organizational forms in health care creating a network structure, like that of Italian GPs, is not sufficient. Other features of the implementation phase, work organization and human resource management should also be considered.
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