title: Collaborating to compete: a national study of horizontal networks.
abstract: Horizontal networks offer providers challenges as well as options. To help providers explore the idea of joining a network, a national study presents the experiences of successful and unsuccessful home care networks.
authors.affiliation: Fazzi Associates, Inc., Northampton, MA, USA.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Agoglia
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Fazzi
mesh_terms: D019058:Community Networks / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004465:Economic Competition; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D014481:United States