) and specialists (SPs) affects either the health status of patients or their pharmacy costs. To this end, it measures the … health status by the number of comorbidities diagnosed and treated. In strong GP–SP relationships, the patient health status … article finds that stronger ties result in lower pharmacy costs, but not in higher patient health statuses. Key points for …

shared care affect either the health of patients or the pharmacy costs they incur. The strength of such relations is measured … by the number of shared patients; patient health is proxied by number of co-morbidities diagnosed and treated. The first … hypothesis is that patients treated amid strong GP-specialist relations have better health status than those treated amid weak …

Improved patient care coordination is critical for achieving better health outcome measures at reduced cost. Better …