Piloting an advanced methodology to analyse health care policy networks: The example of Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract: Aim: Political decisions usually emerge from the competing interests of politicians, voters, and special interest groups. We investigated the applicability of an advanced methodological concept to determine whether certain institutional positions in a cooperating network have influence on the decision-making procedures. To that end, we made use of the institutional network of relevant health care and health governance institutions, concentrated in Belgrade, Serbia. Methods: We used a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) based on a combination of measures for centrality in order to evaluate the positions of 25 players in Belgrade‟s institutional network. Their directed links were determined by a simulated position approach employing the authors‟ long-term involvement. Software packages used consisted of Visone 2.9, UCINET 6, and KeyPlayer 1.44. Results: In our analysis, the network density score in Belgrade was 71%. The PCA revealed two dimensions: control and attractiveness. The .... https://www.seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/1808

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Piloting an advanced methodology to analyse health care policy networks: The example of Belgrade, Serbia ; day:30 ; month:11 ; year:2015 ; South eastern european journal of public health ; (30.11.2015)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Helmut Wenzel ; Vesna Bjegovic-Mikanovic ; Ulrich Laaser

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/seejph-1808
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020070114205890829146
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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