Table 3.

 Characteristics of requestors

	All (n=201)	Routine request (n=101)	Collaborative request (n=100)
Senior doctor at interview (%):
Trainee	12 (6.0)	4	8
Consultant	162 (80.6)	87	75
No doctor	1 (0.5)	1	0
Not recorded	26 (12.9)	9	17
Male senior doctor (%)*	137 (79.2)	72	65
Male DTC (%)†	44 (22.0)	21‡	23
Patient’s nurse present at interview (%)§	157 (88.2)	83	74

DTC=donor transplant coordinator.

*Missing for 1 patient in collaborative group.

†Missing for 1 patient in routine group.

‡ DTC not involved in requesting process in routine group.

§Missing for 23 patients; 8 in routine group, 15 in collaborative group.