Near-patient tests and the clinical gaze in decision-making of Swedish GPs not following current guidelines for sore throat – a qualitative interview study

Table 1 Description of the 16 participants

Category	Variable	Number of participants
Gender	Female	10
Age	≥45	12
Medical education	In Sweden	11
Working in primary health care	≥15 years	6
Employment status	Temporary pool physician	2
	GP trainee	2
	GP	12
Location of practice	City	2
	Town	10
	Village	4
Publicly run		12
Antibiotic prescription level in the county	High level	5
	Medium level	5
	Low level	6

ISSN: 2731-4553