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Perceptions of Physicians About Knowledge Sharing Barriers in Turkish Health Care System

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This study was based on knowledge sharing barriers about attitudes of physicians in Turkish health care system. The present study aims to determine whether the knowledge sharing barriers about attitudes of physicians vary depending on gender, position, departments at hospitals, and hospital ownership status. This study was planned and conducted on physicians at one public hospital, one university hospital, and one private hospital in Turkey. 209 physicians were reached for data collection. The study was conducted in June-September 2014. The questionnaire (developed by A. Riege, (J. Knowl. Manag. 9(3):18–35, 2005)), five point Likert‐type scale including 39 items having the potential of the physicians’ knowledge‐ sharing attitudes and behaviors, was used in the study for data collection. Descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, student t test and ANOVA were used for data analysis. According to results of this study, there was medium level of knowledge sharing barriers within hospitals. In general, physicians had perceptions about the lowest level individual barriers, intermediate level organizational barriers and the highest level technological barriers perceptions, respectively. This study revealed that some knowledge sharing barriers about attitudes of physicians were significantly difference according to hospital ownership status, gender, position and departments. Most evidence medical decisions and evidence based practice depend on experience and knowledge of existing options and knowledge sharing in health care organizations. Physicians are knowledge and information-intensive and principal professional group in health care context.

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  2. Hacettepe University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of Health CareManagement, Ankara, Turkey

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Gider, Ö., Ocak, S. & Top, M. Perceptions of Physicians About Knowledge Sharing Barriers in Turkish Health Care System. J Med Syst 39, 42 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0230-6

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