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Table 1 Practice characteristics

From: Information exchange networks for chronic diseases in primary care practices in Germany: a cross-sectional study

 

All practices

n (%)

N = 40

Practices included in SNA

n (%)

N = 25

Number of health workers per practice mean (SD), range

5.00 (2.53), range 2–15

4.84 (1.31), range 3–7

Number of assistants mean (SD), range

3.63 (2.05), range 1–12

3.52 (1.05), range 2–6

Number of physicians mean (SD), range

1.37 (0.66), range 1–4

1.32 (0.48), range 1–2

Type of practice

n = 40

n = 25

 Single-handed practice

32 (80.0)

20 (80.0)

 Group practice

7 (17.5)

5 (20.0)

 Shared practice

1 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

 Ambulatory health care centre

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Cases per quarter

n = 38

n = 24

  < 500 cases

3 (7.9)

1 (4.2)

 500–1000 cases

13 (34.2)

8 (33.3)

 1001–1500 cases

15 (39.5)

11 (45.8)

  > 1500 cases

7 (18.4)

4 (16.7)

Documentation

n = 39

n = 25

 Digitally

17 (43.6)

11 (44.0)

 Paper-based

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 Digitally and paper-based

22 (56.4)

14 (56.0)

Case management

n = 39

n = 24

 No

25 (64.1)

17 (70.8)

 Yes

14 (35.9)

7 (29.2)

Team meetings per 3 months

n = 39

n = 24

 No meeting

5 (12.8)

3 (12.5)

 1 meeting

17 (43.6)

10 (41.7)

 2 meetings

8 (20.5)

6 (25.0)

 3 meetings

6 (15.4)

2 (8.3)

 4 meetings

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  > 4 meetings

3 (7.7)

3 (12.5)

  1. SNA Social network analysis
  2. SD Standard deviation