Table 2 Participant facilities, interviewed subjects, and combinations of researchers
From: How do general practitioners handle complexities? A team ethnographic study in Japan
| Â | Expert GPs Age (gender) | Region and municipality | Population composition of the municipality [As of January 2020.] | Administration | Scale of the hospital or clinic | History of the general practice facility | Interviewed subjects | Schedule of visit (period) | Researchers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospital A and an affiliated outpatient and home visit clinic | 40Â s (Ma) and 40Â s (Ma) | Kansai, a local small city located in the suburbs | Approximately 80,000 people | Public | Regional core general hospital with 350 beds | General internal medicine department started in 2008 | Five physicians (four GPs (M) and GP residents (F)), one physical therapist (M), two nurses (F), one MSW (F), and one medical assistant (F) | February 21, 2019 (1Â day) | JH, JT |
Clinic B | 50Â s (Ma) and 30Â s (Ma) | Kansai, a rural town | Approximately 10,000 people | Private | Outpatient and home visit clinic (no hospitalization) | Clinic started in 1999 | Two male GPs (due to limited time, physicians only) | February 21, 2019 (1Â day) | SO, SK |
Hospital C | 50 s (Ma) | Hokkaido, a central city of the prefecture | Approximately 2,000,000 people | Private | Regional core hospital with 500 beds | General practice department started in 2002 | Three GPs (M) and an emergency medicine specialist (M), three nurses (F), one physical therapists (M), one MSW (M) | August 30–31, 2019 (2 days) | JH, SK |
Clinic D | 40 s (Ma) | Hokkaido, the same city as Hospital C | Approximately 2,000,000 people | Private | Hospital-affiliated outpatient and home visit clinic | Clinic started in 2000 | One GP (M), two nurses (F), one nutritionist (F), one MSW (F), one medical clerk (F), one administrative staff (M), one nurse (F) in a nearby care facility | August 29–30, 2019 (2 days) | SO, YH |
Clinic E | 40 s (Ma) | Hokkaido, the same city as Hospital C | Approximately 2,000,000 people | Private | Outpatient and home visit clinic | Clinic started in 2010 | One GP (M), one nurse (F), one physical therapist (M), one MSW (F), one chief of medical staff (F), one nurse (F) in a nearby care facility | August 29–30, 2019 (2 days) | RG, JT |
Hospital F | 40Â s (Ma) | Kanto, a central city of the prefecture | Approximately 500,000 people | Public | Regional core hospital with 350 beds | General practitioners have been engaged there since 2011 | One GP (M), one nurse (F), one pharmacist (M), one physical therapist (M), two MSWs (F), one chief of medical staff (M) | November 21, 2019 (1Â day) | JH, RG |
Hospital G | 50Â s (Ma) | Okinawa, a central city of the prefecture | Approximately 120,000 people | Public | Regional core hospital with 500 beds | General internal medicine center started in 1996 (discontinued during fiscal year 2006 to 2007, and resumed in fiscal year 2008) | Three GPs (M), one nurse (F), one medical staff (F) | December 19, 2019 (1Â day) | JH, RG, JT |
Clinic H | 50 s (Ma) | Tohoku, a central city of the prefecture | Approximately 230,000 people | Private | Clinic | Clinic started in 2010 | One GP (M), one nurses (F), three medical clerks (F), | February 10–11, 2020 (2 days) | JH, RG |
Hospital I | 40 s (Ma) | Kyushu, a city located in the suburbs | Approximately 130,000 people | Private | Hospital | Transferred from municipal to private status in 2008 | Two GPs (M), three nurse (F), one pharmacist (F), one physical therapist (M), one speech therapist (F), one medical clerk (F), two MSWs (M, F), one medical secretary (F) | February 20–21, 2020 (2 days) | SO, SK, YH |