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. 2011 Jul 3;6:66. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-6-66

Table 5.

Network characteristics by groups of monitoring (BMI/Weight, systolic blood pressure, and creatinine)

No comprehensive monitoring Comprehensive monitoring Significance
Size and diversity

Treatment Number of professionals 7,08 9,67 0,025

Different disciplines 5,08 4,33 0,222

Advice Number of professionals 6,56 9,57 0,029

Different disciplines 5,00 4,29 0,299

Monitoring Number of professionals 6,87 8,80 0,085

Different disciplines 4,67 4,00 0,160

Density

Treatment Density 0,4707 0,4941 0,566

Number of connections 13,31 27,33 0,078

Advice Density 0,3416 0,3653 0,662

Number of connections 10,89 24 0,009

Monitoring Density 0,4600 0,4748 0,817

Number of connections 13,67 25,80 0,265

Centrality

Treatment Network centralization 49,72 54,93 0,314

Most centralized health prof. GP GP

Degree of most central health prof. 82,54 89,63 0,381

Patient's degree centrality 53,44 51,69 0,987

Advice Network centralization 37,58 45,46 0,365

Most centralized health prof. GP GP

Degree of most central health prof. 61,57 66,01 0,897

Patient's degree centrality 48,33 57,30 0,518

Monitoring Network centralization 50,05 50,25 0,967

Most centralized health prof. GP GP

Degree of most central health prof. 82,25 85,84 0,604

Patient's degree centrality 56,48 46,78 0,672

Overlap

Treatment - advice 0,8014 0,7066 0,076

Treatment - monitoring 0,8807 0,8661 0,910

Advice - monitoring 0,7838 0,7416 0,391