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Collaborative Friendship Networks in Online Healthcare Communities: An Exponential Random Graph Model Analysis
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2014
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Health 2.0 provides patients an unprecedented way to connect with each other online. However, less attention has been paid to how patient collaborative friendships form in online healthcare communities. This study examines the relationship between collaborative friendship formation and patients' characteristics. Results from Exponential Random Graph Model (ERGM) analysis indicate that gender homophily doesn't appear in CFNs, while health homophily such as treatments homophily and health-status
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08416-9_8
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