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Table 1 Characteristics of interview and focus group participants

From: Ethical problems in intensive care unit admission and discharge decisions: a qualitative study among physicians and nurses in the Netherlands

 

Interviews (n = 19)

Focus groups (n = 25)

Job title

  

ICU physician (%)

7 (37)

5 (20)

ICU nurse (%)

6 (32)

7 (28)

Ward physician (%)

3 (16)

5 (20)

Ward nurse (%)

3 (16)

8 (32)

Male (%)

11 (58)

8 (32)

Hospital type

  

General (%)

6 (32)

5 (20)

Teaching (%)

7 (37)

10 (40)

Academic (%)

6 (32)

10 (40)

Years experience in current specialty

  

<5 years (%)

7 (37)

5 (20)

5 – 10 years (%)

4 (21)

7 (28)

>10 years (%)

8 (42)

13 (52)