Table 4

Connections outside the practice

Practice

1

(n = 15)

2

(n = 6)

3

(n = 7)

4

(n = 4)

5

(n = 5)

6

(n = 20)

7

(n = 4)

8

(n = 6)

Receiving information from

outside the practice

Reported CHF connections

3

7

3

4

2

2

2

5

Reported COPD connections

11

5

3

5

4

5

2

5

Reported Diabetes connections

14

6

5

4

6

15

2

6

Percentage of outside connections of

all connections for the disease

CHF

33

39

25

44

50

18

25

46

COPD

21

29

16

50

57

17

20

36

Diabetes

23

25

19

44

75

32

22

40

Number of outside connections hold by

the most central individual out

of all outside connections

CHF

0/3

1/7

1/3

0/4

2/2

0/2

2/2

3/5

COPD

4/11

1/5

1/3

4/5

2/4

1/5

2/2

2/5

Diabetes

2/14

1/6

0/5

2/4

2/6

3/15

0/2

2/6

Wensing et al. Implementation Science 2010 5:3   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-3