Primary care physicians' perspectives and challenges on managing multimorbidity for patients with dementia: a Japan–Michigan qualitative comparative study

Table 1 Characteristics of participants (n = 48)

	Japan	Michigan
	(n = 24)	(n = 24)
Years practicing as physician^a	13 (10–19)	11.5 (6–21)
Gender^b
Male	17 (71%)	10 (42%)
Female	7 (29%)	14 (58%)
Clinical setting^b
Clinics	18 (75%)	24 (100%)
Hospital	6 (25%)	none
Regional setting^b
Rural	12 (50%)	12 (50%)
Urban	12 (50%)	12 (50%)

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