Analysis of the patient-sharing network in hypertension management: a retrospective study in China
Our study showed that physicians frequently formed relationships with other physicians through sharing patients in Yinzhou, China, and these relationships had similar rates of persistence to studies conducted in developed countries, which indicated that findings of social network analyses conducted in developed countries still hold value in developing countries.
Authors
- Huangqianyu Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8744-0276)
- Luwen Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2683-6685)
- Zhiwen Gong
- Sheng Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3103-6802)
- Xiaodong Guan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1290-3827)
- Tao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9198-2868)
- Ruilin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5395-8265)
- Huajie Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5621-1702)
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093684
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China