Table 3 Mean and standard deviation of network parameters, and differences between chronic conditions

Size and diversity

Treatment

Number of professionals

8.14

2.336

8.56

7.00

0.133

Different disciplines

4.77

1.232

5.00

4.17

0.170

Advice

Number of professionals

7.88

2.778

8.54

5.00

0.080

Different disciplines

4.69

1.401

4.92

3.67

0.257

Monitoring

Number of professionals

7.64

2.059

7.94

6.86

0.336

Different disciplines

4.40

1.080

4.56

4.00

0.271

Density

Treatment

Density

0.4803

0.1048

0.4900

0.4543

0.376

Number of connections

19.05

10.96

21.06

13.67

0.034

Advice

Density

0.3520

0.1284

0.3906

0.1845

0.005

Number of connections

16.62

9.44

18.46

8.67

0.121

Monitoring

Density

0.4659

0.1527

0.4896

0.4049

0.348

Number of connections

18.52

11.91

20.56

13.29

0.192

Centrality

Treatment

Network centralization

51.85

12.80

52.87

49.14

0.652

Most centralized health prof.

GP

GP

GP

Degree of most central health prof.

85.44

15.44

87.31

80.46

0.337

Patient's degree centrality

52.72

23.88

53.06

51.83

0.679

Advice

Network centralization

41.03

13.08

42.44

34.90

0.593

Most centralized health prof.

GP

GP

GP

Degree of most central health prof.

63.52

17.57

68.47

42.06

0.027

Patient's degree centrality

52.26

22.56

55.43

38.49

0.225

Monitoring

Network centralization

50.13

12.05

50.51

49.16

0.847

Most centralized health prof.

GP

GP

GP

Degree of most central health prof.

83.69

14.39

86.12

77.43

0.085

Patient's degree centrality

52.60

23.81

53.14

51.21

0.801

Overlap

Treatment - advice

0.7571

0.0956

0.7643

0.7283

0.615

Treatment - monitoring

0.8747

0.0673

0.8796

0.8617

0.788

Advice - monitoring

0.7653

0.0731

0.7617

0.7810

1.000