Patient Care Teams in treatment of diabetes and chronic heart failure in primary care: an observational networks study

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

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