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Table 1 Study characteristics

From: Use of social network analysis methods to study professional advice and performance among healthcare providers: a systematic review

Year of publication

Number

Percent

 1990–2000

0

0%

 2000–2010

0

0%

 2010–2016

6

100%

Country

  

 Australia

1

17%

 USA

5

83%

Type of health facility

  

 Hemodialysis center

1

17%

 Hospital-based

3

50%

 Nursing home

1

17%

 Primary health care (PHC)

1

17%

Type of health professional

  

 Multidisciplinary teams

4

67%

 Nursing staff

2

33%

Type of patients

  

 Emergency and outpatient department patients

1

17%

 Hemodialysis patients

1

17%

 Medical-surgical unit patients

1

17%

 Nursing home patients

1

17%

 PHC patients with alcoholism

1

17%

 Renal and respiratory ward patients

1

17%

Study design

  

 Experimental

1

17%

 Observational

5

83%

 Mixed methods

2

33%

 Quantitative only

4

67%

 Qualitative only

0

0%