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Table 2 Characteristics of interview participants

From: General practitioners’ accounts of negotiating antibiotic prescribing decisions with patients: a qualitative study on what influences antibiotic prescribing in low, medium and high prescribing practices

Practice prescribing level

Number of practices

Practice Size

Number of participants

Gender

 

GP role

 

male

female

Partner

Salaried

Registrar

Trainee

High

4

1 (> 10,000 patients)

2 (8000–10,000 patients)

1 (< 8000 patients)

13

7

6

5

2

0

6

Medium

6

4 (>  10,000 patients)

1 (8000–10,000 patients)

1 (< 8000 patients)

16

5

11

9

2

5

0

Low

4

1 (>  10,000 patients)

2 (8000–10,000 patients)

1 (< 8000 patients)

12

6

6

9

2

0

1

Totals

14

 

41

18

23

23

6

5

7