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Table 2 Network characteristics

From: Do governance choices matter in health care networks?: an exploratory configuration study of health care networks

Name

Objective

S 1

A1

G1

F1,2

IL1,2

EL1,2

T1,2

GS1

RG1,2

CG1,3

HG1,3

E1,3

drug abuse

Optimizing cooperation among care providers in the network

L

O

F

L

M

M

L

P

M

Y

Y

1

hospital cooperation

High quality care, economic efficiency and geographical accessibility

S

Y

N

M

M

M

M

P

H

Y

Y

1

psychiatric care 1

Increasing quality of care services for the patients, increasing professionalism among the partners

S

Y

F

H

H

H

H

P

H

Y

Y

1

psychiatric care 2

Providing after-service care and patient allocation

S

O

N

M

M

M

H

P

M

Y

Y

1

palliative care 1

Providing a full range of services

L

O

F

H

H

H

M

N

M

Y

Y

1

psychiatric home care 2

Promoting a specific action in all hospitals

L

O

F

M

M

M

M

P

M

Y

Y

1

complex psychiatric care 1

Developing cooperation

L

O

F

M

M

H

M

L

M

Y

Y

0

hospital network

Support to care providers, co-ordination and consultation

L

Y

P

M

M

M

L

N

L

N

Y

0

integrated care and welfare

Support to care providers, co-ordination

L

O

P

M

M

M

M

P

H

N

N

0

psychiatric care 3

Increasing the possibilities for patients to live independent

L

Y

N

M

M

H

M

P

M

Y

Y

0

psychiatric care 4

Offering optimal quality of care

S

Y

F

M

L

M

L

P

L

Y

Y

0

psychiatric home care 1

Providing services to partners allowing a human, innovative, and professional care for elderly

L

O

F

H

M

M

M

P

M

Y

Y

0

disabled care 1

Consultation and data gathering

S

Y

P/F

H

M

L

H

P

M

Y

Y

0

elderly care1

Developing residential care in a region as requested by the regional policy makers

S

O

N

M

M

M

H

P

H

Y

Y

0

psychiatric care 5

Improving care

S

O

F

M

M

M

M

P

M

Y

Y

0

elderly care 2

Improving consultation, co-ordination; providing integrated care; increasing knowledge of target patient groups

S

Y

P

M

H

M

M

P

M

N

N

0

psychiatric care 6

Providing individualized support to disabled

L

O

F

M

M

M

M

P

M

N

N

0

complex psychiatric care 2

Maintaining continuity, and quality of care, providing training, advice, support, and a registration system to care providers

S

Y

F

L

L

M

L

L

L

Y

Y

0

disabled care 2

Developing good integrated care

L

O

N

M

M

L

M

P

M

Y

Y

0

psychiatric care 7

Optimizing palliative care through information, and training

L

Y

F

L

L

L

M

P

L

Y

Y

0

palliative care 2

Increasing the possibilities for patients to live independent through long term professional and systematic care provision

L

O

F

M

M

M

M

P

M

Y

Y

0

palliative care 3

Providing information; co-ordination, training, advice, logistic support, and evaluation to care providers and volunteers

L

O

F

M

M

M

M

N

M

Y

Y

0

  1. 1 S size ( size S < 10 organizations, size L > 9 organizations); A age (age Y < 6 years, age O > 5 years); G government involvement (P Partner, F Financing, N No large impact);
  2. F Flexibility, IL Internal legitimacy, EL external legitimacy, T Trust, GS Governance Structure (P participant-governed network, L lead organization network, N network administrative organization); RG Relational Governance, CG Contractual Governance, HG Hierarchical Governance, E Effectiveness,
  3. 2High, mediate or low levels of this variables; 3Yes (present) or No (not present).