Structural Analysis of Treatment Cycles Representing Transitions between Nursing Organizational Units Inferred from Diabetes

PLoS One. 2015 Jun 1;10(6):e0127152. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127152. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate treatment cycles inferred from diabetes data by means of graph theory. We define the term treatment cycles graph-theoretically and perform a descriptive as well as quantitative analysis thereof. Also, we interpret our findings in terms of nursing and clinical management.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration
  • Diabetes Mellitus*
  • Disease Management
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Nursing / organization & administration*
  • Nursing Services / organization & administration

Grants and funding

Matthias Dehmer, Christa Them, Eva Schulc, and Zeyneb Kurt thank the Tiroler Wissenschaftsfond for supporting this work (project GZ. 0404/1443).