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Table 2 Overview of interview sampling

From: Barriers to accessing health care for people with chronic conditions: a qualitative interview study

Interview

Gender

Perspective

Type of care provided (where applicable)

Region

(Medical) expertise (where applicable)

Setting (where applicable)

1A

F

research

–

Vienna

general medicine

urban

2A

M

provider

inpatient

Vienna

paediatric pulmonology and allergology

urban

3A

M

provider

inpatient

Salzburg

paediatrics

rural

4A

M

provider

inpatient, rehabilitation services

Styria

paediatrics

rural

5A

F

expert by experience

 

Austria

carer, patient advocate

national

6A

M

expert by experience

 

Austria

patient advocate

national

7A

M

expert by experience

 

Austria

patient advocate

national

8A

M

expert by experience

 

Austria

patient advocate

national

9B

M

research

–

Styria

–

national

10B

F

provider

outpatient

Vienna

clinical psychology

urban

11B

F

provider

outpatient (rehabilitation)

Vienna

physical medicine and rehabilitation

urban

12B

M

provider

inpatient

Upper Austria

neurology

national

13B

M

provider

inpatient

Carinthia

anaesthesia and intensive care medicine

national

14B

F

public health administration

–

Styria

–

urban and rural

14B

F

expert by experience

 

Austria

patient advocate

urban

15C

M

research

university, consulting

Vienna

psychiatry

(inter)national

16C

F

provider

outpatient

Vienna, Austria

general medicine

urban and rural

17C

F

provider

outpatient (home treatment)

Vorarlberg

nursing

urban and rural

18C

M

provider

outpatient

Vienna

psychiatry

urban

19C

M

provider

outpatient

Styria

psychiatry

urban

20C

M

provider

inpatient

Styria

geronto- psychiatry

urban

21C

F

expert by experience

 

Vienna

service user

urban

22C

F

expert by experience

 

Upper Austria

service user

rural

23C

F

expert by experience

 

Vienna

carer

urban

24C

F

expert by experience

 

Vienna

carer

urban

  1. A: bronchial asthma; B: non-specific chronic lower back pain; C: mental illness
  2. Participants were only asked about those conditions for which they had expertise, i.e. A bronchial asthma; B non-specific chronic lower back pain or C mental health