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Table 1 Example data extracts demonstrating the hierarchical coding process

From: Community nurse-paramedics’ sphere of practice in primary care; an ethnographic study

Original text

Open codes

Subcategory

Generic category

Main category

“..it is important that you sit down with the patient and the family members and try to find the solution, which I think means that there is some long-term plan for the person to survive at home ...”

sitting down

with the patient & the family

finding the solution

making the

long-term plan

time to sit

patient & family

solutions

long-term planning

survey at home

the luxury of time

together with the patient & family

the aim of the assessment

the aim of the care

the way to provide care