Table 1.

Characteristics of the informants

Region politicians	Public servants (non-clinical)	Public servants (clinical)
•Region commissioner and chairman of the executive board, Social Democrat (until October 1, 2016) (f) •Region commissioner and chairman of the executive board, Social Democrat (after October 1, 2016) (m) •Region commissioner (Left party) (f) •Leader of Centre party (opposition) (f) •Leader of Liberals (opposition) (m) •Leader of Christian Democrats (opposition) (f)	•Region director (f) •Deputy region director (m) •Health-care director (f) •Chief financial officer (m) •Chief analyst (m) •Development strategist (f) •Head of patient choice office (f) •Chief medical adviser (m)	•Division manager: medicine (m) •Division manager: primary care (m) •Division manager: psychiatry (m) •Division manager: surgery (m)

Note(s): Informants n = 18; gender: female (f) n = 8, male (m) n = 10

Source(s): Authors' own