#16.Social network analysis - sporedata/researchdesigneR GitHub Wiki

1. Use cases: In which situations should I use this method?

1. Connections among providers while treating a given patient affects costs Patient-Sharing Networks of Physicians and Health Care Utilization and Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries
2. The use of certain healthcare services is associated with better patient outcomes - Behavioral Health's Integration Within a Care Network and Health Care Utilization Use of Medicare Data to Identify Team-based Primary Care: Is it Possible?
3. Long-term bonds among healthcare teams might lead to better outcomes. The following example is not about patient outcomes, but a proxy measure of teamwork Repeated, Close Physician Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Teams Associated with Greater Teamwork
4. Evaluating trial comparators within a meta-analysis - Comparator choice in cariology trials limits conclusions on the comparative effectiveness of caries interventions

2. Input: What kind of data does the method require?

1. Datasets involving a connection across different individuals.

3. Algorithm: How does the method work?

Model mechanics

Reporting guidelines

Data science packages

• Diagrammer
• rIgraph
• netdiffuseR: Analysis of Diffusion and Contagion Processes on Networks

Suggested companion methods

Learning materials

1. Books

• Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R

2. Articles

4. Output: How do I interpret this method's results?

Abstract examples

Typical tables and plots

Metaphors

5. SporeData-specific

Templates

Data science functions