Managers’ experience of success criteria and barriers to implementing mobile radiography services in nursing homes in Norway: a qualitative study

Table 1 Information about the participants and the local context

Area	Number of municipalities included in the service	Population in the area [31]	Size of the area (km²) [32]	Participant	Management position	Experience as a manager^a
A	10	369,714	1823	1	Hospital administrator^b	Long
A	10	369,714	1823	2	Municipal administrator^c	Long
B	2	135,248	694	3	Municipal administrator^c	Long
B	2	135,248	694	10	Manager of x-ray department^e	Long
C	10	230,899	2174	4	Manager of nursing home^d	Long
C	10	230,899	2174	7	Manager of x-ray department^e	Long
D	8	212,109	2004	5	Manager of nursing home^d	Long
				6	Manager of nursing home^d	Short
				11	Manager of x-ray department^d	Long
E	5	315,462	1402	8	Municipal administrator^c	Long
E	5	315,462	1402	9	Project manager at the hospital^f	Just for the project

^aShort experience is defined as less the two years, long experience is defined as more than two years
Exact time in management position was not part of the data collection
^bManagers working in administrative positions outside the x-ray department
^cManagers working in administrative positions in municipal administration
^dManagers working in a nursing home department with personnel management
^eManagers working in an x-ray department with personnel management
^fProject manager for the local mobile x-ray service project

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