Care to share: Impact of general practitioner-specialist collaborative structures on health care outcomes
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Professional interactions among health providers are critical to an efficient shared-care model. This research investigates whether the collaborative structure between general practitioners and specialists affects either the health status of patients or their pharmacy costs. The more concentrated collaborative structure results in lower pharmacy costs, but not in higher patient.
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