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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Digital consultations in Swedish primary health care: a qualitative study of physicians’ job control, demand and support

Characteristic

Number (%)

Sex

 Male

12 (43)

 Female

16 (57)

Age

 28–39 years

10 (36)

 40–49 years

10 (36)

 50–63 years

8 (28)

Level of medical training

 Specialist in primary care medicine

18 (64)

 Resident in primary care medicinea

8 (28)

 Specialist in other specialty than primary care

1 (4)

 Not specialist or resident

1 (4)

Employer

 Publicly funded health care

17 (61)

 Private company

11 (39)

Type of work

 Combined digital work with traditional consultation

25 (89)

 Digital work exclusively

3 (11)

  1. aIn Sweden, resident physicians have finished medical school, possess medical license and for 5 years they both provide healthcare and are learning to become specialist physicians (in this case, specialists in primary care medicine)