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Peter Groenewegen's research focuses on the social aspects of health and healthcare, also known as medical sociology. He investigates questions such as why people from higher social strata tend to be healthier and live longer than those from lower strata, why regions with more hospital beds see patients staying longer for the same surgeries compared to areas with fewer beds, and how institutional structures in healthcare systems change. His research is characterized as theory-driven investigations into healthcare issues, deriving hypotheses from general theories and models that are empirically tested against real-world situations. His work encompasses topics such as variations in medical practice, examining the relationship between the availability of services and their usage across different scales, from the macro-level institutional structures of health systems in Europe to the micro-level decisions made by hospital specialists. Additionally, he studies the sociology of professions, looking at changes in healthcare occupations and how they compare to other professions. Groenewegen is also involved in the performance of healthcare organizations, including nursing homes and home care services, and contributes to the education component of effectiveness in organizations during the doctoral phase.
Department of Psychology