Interest in networks as collaborating, professionalised structures continues to grow. As a post-bureaucratic form of organisation, networks have gained increasing popularity for governments and policymakers. With a considerable corpus of literature on networks within and outside the health sector, it is timely to assess the current state of knowledge, particularly in relation to how the features of networks may be applied to improve quality and outcomes of care.
‘Network’ is a word used extensively in healthcare research and in health services delivery. It is used as a synonym for 'partnership’, ‘collaboration’, ‘alliance’ and ‘group’, or more specifically to describe the relationships between people, groups or organisations.
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