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Table 2 Network characteristics and professional performance

From: Information exchange networks of health care providers and evidence-based cardiovascular risk management: an observational study

Professional performance

General CVRM

Specific CVRM

  
 

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

n prac

n pat

Density

9.51

0.62

145.6

4.30

0.57

32.36

31

1620

Frequency of contact

1.03

0.96

1.11

1.03

0.96

1.11

31

1620

Centrality of CVRM coordinator

1.03

0.90

1.18

1.01

0.11

1.01

28

1462

Homophily

Achieve BP target

0.69

0.26

1.78

0.72

0.29

1.83

30

1583

Achieve LDL target

0.71

0.30

1.65

0.73

0.32

1.65

30

1583

Consistently identified OL for CVRM

2.75*

1.23

6.14

 

31

1620

  1. Not shown in table estimates for control variables, estimates for intercepts, and estimates for random effects
  2. OR odds ratio, n prac number of practices in analysis, n pat number of patients in analysis, OL opinion leader
  3. *p < .05