Table 4.

Density scores for valued recipient type networks in each country

Recipient type	Density scores*
	England	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland
Alternative providers of health services	0.339†	0.500	–	0.000
Charities and other third-sector organisations	0.510	0.333	0.476	–
Education and research providers	1.194	0.727	0.675	1.000
Formal bodies representing healthcare professionals	1.293	0.000	0.400	0.000
Healthcare commissioning, planning and regulatory organisations	2.523	1.578	1.634	0.133
Patient organisations	0.337	0.200	0.109	0.209
Private companies other than providers of health services	0.312	0.121	0.071	0.000
Private sector healthcare providers	0.416	0.167	0.167	0.067
Professional organisations	0.611	0.244	0.114	0.038
Public administration and providers of public services	0.022	0.300	0.000	–
Public sector primary care providers	0.893	0.038	0.124	1.600
Public sector secondary and tertiary care providers	5.819	1.309	1.000	0.826

*Density scores measure the average number of common recipients between two companies. The network matrix for each recipient type consisted only of companies making payments. Dashes indicate no payments were made. Scores of 0.000 indicate all recipients received payments from one company only.

†Example interpretation: a score of 0.339 indicates that each company making payments to alternative providers of health services funded, on average, 0.3 recipients in common with another company.