Table 2.
Final composition of the informant sample
| Study networks | Healthcare professionals | Administrative personnel | Managers | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I level (a) | II, III level (a) | Insurers | Providers | Insurers | Providers | |||
| Soacha | Network 1-S | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 |
| Network 4-C | 5 | 7 | 0(b) | 12 | 0(b) | 3 | 27 | |
| Bogotá | Network 2-S | 7 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 36 |
| Network 3-C | 11 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 39 | |
| Recife | Network 1 | 10 | 11 | - | 6 | - | 9 | 36 |
| Paulista | Network 2 | 8 | 7 | - | 7 | - | 8 | 30 |
| Caruaru | Network 3 | 6 | 7 | - | 5 | - | 8 | 26 |
(a) I level – Primary care level, II level – Secondary care or medium complexity level, III level – Tertiary care or high complexity level
(b) The invited potential informants refused to participate in the study. S-Subsidized, C-Contributory