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Table 1 Background characteristics of the participants (per Delphi-round and per Delphi-group)

From: Identifying client characteristics to predict homecare use more accurately: a Delphi-study involving nurses and homecare purchasing specialists

 

Delphi-round 1a

Delphi-round 1b and 2

Total

Nurses

Insurers

Total

Nurses

Insurers

N = 22

n = 16

n = 6

N = 17

n = 12

n = 5

Gender (n)

 Male

5

1

4

2

0

2

 Female

17

15

2

15

12

3

Age (range, average)

24–65 (39)

24–65 (36)

31–61 (48)

24–61 (35)

24–49 (32)

31–61 (41)

Education (n)

 University of Applied Science

16

15

1

12

11

1

 University

6

1

5

5

1

4

Organization (n)a

 Homecare organization

15

15

0

11

11

0

 Dutch Nurses Association

3

3

0

2

2

0

 Health insurance company

6

0

6

5

0

5

Job title (n)a

 District nurse

14

14

0

11

11

0

 Homecare purchaser

5

0

5

3

0

3

 Policy advisor insurer

0

0

1

1

0

1

 Otherb

3

2

1

2

1

1

  1. aSome participants were working at multiple organizations or held multiple positions. Frequencies therefore do not add to N
  2. bProcess director electronic health records at homecare organization, policy advisor at homecare organization (only Delphi-round 1), policy manager at health insurance company