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The Impact of Social Networks in Developing and Managing Chronic Care Models

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The aim of this chapter is to monitor the impact of interrelations in the development of an efficient and proactive system of chronic care management by tools of Social Network Analysis (SNA). The basic motivation of this work resides in observing the complexity of the healthcare practice, embedded within an evolving framework with epidemiological changes, population ageing, and chronic diseases ruling on acute cases. Focusing on a population benchmark of patients affected by chronic degenerative disease, we provide evidence of how SNA can help to understand the dynamics of mutual relationships between the network of home-physicians and the other entities within the National Health System, and to suggest corrective interventions to improve the overall quality of the provided service.

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    World Health Organization.

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    Self-management support, clinical information systems, delivery system redesign, decision support, health care organization, and community resources.

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    http://www.altalex.com/documents/leggi/2012/11/12/dl-sanita-la-legge-di-conversione-del-decreto-balduzzi

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  1. Dipartimento di Economia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy

    Marina Resta & Elisabetta Arato

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Macka, Istanbul, Turkey

    Cengiz Kahraman

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    Y. Ilker Topcu

Appendix 1

Appendix 1

List of shortcuts employed to abbreviate specializations names.

Name

Shortcut

Gynecology and obstetrics

GO

Obstetrics

OG

Pneumology

PNEU

Endocrinology

END

Sports medicine

SM

Digestive system apparatus diseases

AD

Pediatrics

PED

Generic medicine

GM

Dermatology

DE

Oncology

ONC

Nuclear medicine

NM

Generic specialization

GS

Rheumatology

REU

Anesthesia and intensive care

AR

Occupational medicine

LM

Gastroenterology

GAE

Respiratory apparatus diseases

RAD

Tisis and other respiratory apparatus diseases

TRD

Infectious diseases and pediatrics

IDP

Medical microbiology and virology

MVM

Internal medicine

IM

Geriatrics

GER

Emergency surgery and first aid

GS

Neuropathology

NEU

Immunology

IMM

Prevention medicine

PM

Cardiology

CA

Nephrology

NE

Generic surgery

GS

Generic pathology

GP

Palliative care

PC

Emergency room and first aid

ER

Otolaryngology

OT

Anesthesia and intensive care

AR

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Resta, M., Arato, E. (2018). The Impact of Social Networks in Developing and Managing Chronic Care Models. In: Kahraman, C., Topcu, Y. (eds) Operations Research Applications in Health Care Management. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 262. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65455-3_8

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