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. 2017 Dec 18;12(12):e0189962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189962

Table 1. Characteristics of respondents and observation settings.

In-depth interview with public sector physicians
Number 7
Gender 2 females and 5 males
Range of graduation year 1982–2009
In-depth interview with private sector physicians
Number 5 (2 of them retired from public sector, 1 was accepted in public sector and waiting to join, and only 2 had no linkage with public sector)
Gender 1 female and 4 males
Range of graduation year 1973–2013
In-depth interview with village doctors
Number 5
Gender 5 males
Range of number of years in practice 2–32
Range of level of formal education (excluding training in medicine) secondary–bachelor
In-depth Interview with service users
Number 7
Gender 4 females and 3 males
Range of age in years 25–48 (females: 25–45; males: 45–48)
Range of level of education primary–masters (females: primary-honors; males: honors-masters)
Types of occupation females: homemaker, kindergarten teacher and high school teachers; males: high school teachers, businessmen
FGD with service users
Number of sessions 4 (2 with females, 2 with males)
Number of participants 7–8 in each session
Range of age in years 19–72 (females: 19–59; males: 31–72)
Range of level of education primary–masters (females: primary-masters; males: primary-honors)
Type of occupation females: college and high school teachers and custodial staff; males: college and school teacher, retired government official, businessman, farmer
Observations
Setting 3 settings: public sector (consultation rooms in an UpHC), private sector (consultation rooms in a for-profit private clinic and an NGO-clinic), and informal sector (consultation rooms of 3 village doctors in a village bazaar)
Duration 1 week in each setting