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Table 1 Characteristics of the participating GPs

From: General practitioners’ perceptions about their role in current and future heart failure care: an exploratory qualitative study

GP

(number)

Years experience

(range)

Practice type

(number of GPs)

Other disciplines in practice

Collaboration with hospital and distance (travel distance by car in minutes)

1

35–40

Solo

/

ZOL Genk (9)

2

0–5

Group (6 + trainee)

nurse, dietician, psychologist

ZOL Genk (14)

3

20–25

Group (3 + 2 trainees)

/

MZNL Overpelt (10)

4

25–30

Group (3)

physiotherapist

Sint-Franciscus Heusden-Zolder (13)

ZOL Genk (16)

Jessa Hasselt (19)

5

15–20

Group (2 + 1 trainee)

/

ZMK Maaseik (9)

ZMK Bree (18)

ZOL Genk (18)

6

0–5

Duo

/

Sint-Franciscus Heusden-Zolder (14)

MZNL Overpelt (25)

Jessa Hasselt (26)

7

0–5

Group (3)

/

Sint-Franciscus Heusden-Zolder (7)

ZOL Genk (17)

8

25–30

Duo

/

Sint-Trudo ziekenhuis (5)

Jessa Hasselt (22)

9

30–35

Group (6 + trainee)

/

ZOL Genk (11)

10

≥40

Solo

/

AZ Vesalius Tongeren (9)

11

25–30

Group (3 + trainee)

/

ZMK Bree (7)

MZNL Overpelt (20)

12

0–5

Group (6 + trainee)

nurse

Jessa Hasselt (6)

13

10–15

Group (5 + trainee)

dietician, psychologist

Jessa Hasselt (5)