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Table 1 Broad prescribing related interview questions

From: ‘Potentially inappropriate or specifically appropriate?’ Qualitative evaluation of general practitioners views on prescribing, polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate prescribing in older people

Broad questions

Could you tell me a little about your experience of prescribing for your older patients

Prompts: multimorbidity; polypharmacy; patient preference/demands

Are you familiar with the concept of PIP or the criteria used to measure it, aside from this study?

Could you tell me a little about your perspective on PIP / What’s your view on PIP in primary care?

In your opinion, how is PIP important, relevant to practice?

What is your opinion of the terminology used, PIP?