Table 1 Numbers of health professionals and receiving information connections (n = 8 general practices)

Number of GPs

6

2

2

1

2

7

1

2

23

Number of assistants

7

3

4

2

2

9

2

3

32

Number of nurses

2

1

1

1

1

4

1

1

12

Total number of providers in the practice

15

6

7

4

5

20

4

6

67

Total number of non-responders*

0

0

0

1 (P)

2 (P, A)

10 (P,9A)

0

0

13

Receiving information within the practice

Reported CHF connections

6

11

5

7

2

12

6

9

Reported COPD connections

41

12

6

7

4

31

8

12

Reported Diabetes connections

47

18

7

8

3

44

7

12

Theoretical maximum number of present connections

(n * (n - 1))

210

30

42

12

20

380

12

30

Proportion agreement between receiving and providing information

Mean

CHF

0.948

0.567

0.810

0.667

1.00

0.864

0.833

0.767

0.807

COPD

0.919

0.733

0.667

0.667

1.00

0.833

0.667

0.867

0.794

Diabetes

0.862

0.667

0.619

0.500

0.833

0.689

0.417

0.867

0.682