Perspectives on governing integrated care networks

In this chapter, we synthesise knowledge on the governance of integrated care networks, drawing together three perspectives. The first perspective, “governance-as-structure”, addresses how the effectiveness of integrated care networks is determined by contingent network governance structures. The second perspective, “governance-as-process”, explores how effective network governance results from individual actors’ activities, skills and competencies. The third perspective, “governance-as-practice”, combines the two previous perspectives and studies governance as a situated practice in the context of evolving network structures.