Table 1.

Details of FGDs

Number of FGDs	Group	Focus of discussion
5	Patients	NCD burden and care
2	Healthy adults (non-NCD)	Health-seeking behaviour, perceptions of quality of healthcare and medicines
3	Health workers	NCD burden and community awareness, NPCDCS implementation at subcentres
3	Medical officers	NCD care at PHCs including the challenges they face, NPCDCS programme activities
1	Private drug shopkeepers	Views on generic medicines for NCDs

FGD, focus group discussion; NCD, non-communicable disease; NPCDCS, National Programme for the Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke; PHC, primary health centre.