Table 2.

Individual interview participant characteristics by interview type, rurality, sector and position; community focus group characteristics by rurality and gender

	Urban	Regional	Remote	Total
Interviews
Participants*	138	157	79	374
Individual interview	123	108	65	296
Individuals participating in a group interview	15	49	14	78
Sector†
Indigenous health	67	64	55	186
General practice	56	74	20	150
Position
Clinician (GP)	32 (21)	37 (14)	19 (8)	88 (43)
Managers	35	42	30	107
Practice managers	13	23	7	43
ICDP-funded workforce	43	35	19	97
Pharmacist	15	20	4	39
Community focus groups
Participants	261	259	150	670 (31% male; 69% female)

Indigenous health sector includes: Indigenous Health Services and National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation State and Territory Affiliates.

General practice sector includes: general practice, Medicare locals, divisions of general practice, state-based organisations.

Manager category includes interviews with programme managers, programme officers and CEOs.

ICDP-funded category includes interviews with ICDP-funded positions such as Indigenous Health Project Officer, Care Coordinator and Outreach Worker.

Clinician category includes interviews with GPs, nurses, Aboriginal health workers and allied health professionals.

*Interviewees may have been interviewed more than once throughout the evaluation period. This represents the number of individuals interviewed or contributed to a group session at least once during the evaluation period.

†Sector numbers do not add up with the interview numbers as it excludes pharmacists not employed by Indigenous Health Service and workforce agency interviews.

CEO, chief executive officer; ICDP, Indigenous Chronic Disease Package; GP, general practitioner.