Multimorbidity, clinical decision making and health care delivery in New Zealand Primary care: a qualitative study

Table 3 Characteristics of GP and Primary Care Nurse (PCN) participants (N = 16) and of general practice demographics (N = 15)

Category	Participants, n (%)
GP and PCN participants	16 (100)
Profession:
General Practitioner (GP)	12 (75)
Primary care Nurse (PCN)^a	4 (25)
Sex:
Female	7 (44)
Male	9 (56)
Ethnicity:
New Zealand European	11 (69)
Other (including: Asian, Other European, African, etc.)^b	5 (31)
Years in clinical practice:
0–5 years	1 (6)
6–10 years	3 (19)
11–20 years	3 (19)
20 years +	9 (56)
General Practice demographics ^c	15 (100)
Practice Size:
1–4 GPs	6 (40)
5–9 GPs	4 (27)
10+ GPs	5 (33)
Practice Location:
Urban	9 (60)
Rural	6 (40)
Practice location New Zealand Deprivation Index
1–3	4 (27)
4–7	10 (67)
8+	1 (6)

^aSpecific roles were: three nurses were based in general practice: nurse practitioner (1), practice nurse (2) and one was based in the relevant primary health organisation
^bNon-New Zealand European categories were conflated to ensure participant anonymity
^cOne participant did not currently work in a general practice but within another local health organisation (primary health organisation)

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