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Table 1 Characteristics of the evaluated projects

From: Advanced practice nurses’ and general practitioners’ first experiences with introducing the advanced practice nurse role to Swiss primary care: a qualitative study

 

Practice A

Practice B

Location

 Municipality typology1

Municipality in a small or outside an agglomeration

Rural, centrally located municipality

 Degree of urbanization2

Intermediate density area (suburb)

Thinly populated area (rural)

Team

 GP (TEP)

2 (200%)

8 (500%)

 APN (TEP)

1 (50%)

1 (50%)

 MPA/K (TEP)

5 (380%)

8 (720%)

 Other health professionals (TEP)

0 (0%)

3 (170%)

Project

 Launch

August 2017

April 2016

 Initiator

Cantonal health department

Practice owners (2 GPs)

  1. GP General Practitioner, APN Advanced Practice Nurse, MPA/K Medical Practice Assistant / Coordinator, Other health professionals = psychologists, physiotherapists, dietitians etc., TEP = Total Employment Percentage
  2. a Gemeindetypologie 2012: www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12359_12482_3191_227/20387.html
  3. b Urbanisierungsgrad 2011 (DEGURBA - Eurostat): www.atlas.bfs.admin.ch/maps/13/de/12476_10444_3191_227/20585.html