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Table 1 General description of 48 sentinel surveillance networks included in the Sentiworld study

From: The Sentiworld project: global mapping of sentinel surveillance networks in general practice

 

n

%

Continent (m.d.a = 0)

 Europe

33

68.8

 North America

5

10.4

 Africa

5

10.4

 Oceania

3

6.2

 Asia

1

2.1

 South America

1

2.1

Geographic Coverage (m.d. = 0)

 National

38

79.2

 Regional

8

16.7

 Municipality

2

4.2

Structure on which the network depends (m.d. = 0) (multiple structures per network are possible)

 Government structure

36

75.0

 Public university structure

8

16.7

 Public research structure

7

14.6

 Other structures b

4

8.3

Finances (m.d. = 0)

 Public funds only

43

89.6

 Private funds only

1

2.1

 Mixed funds

4

8.3

  1. am.d.= missing data
  2. binclude “independent research institute, not-for-profit foundation”, “municipality”, and “private research structure” (n = 2)