Table 1.

American College of Cardiology Interview Guide, March 29–31, 2014

Screening questions

1. Are you a cardiologist?

2. Do you practice in the United States?

3. Did you ever prescribe BiDil or the generics?

Interview questions

4. What was your primary factor in choosing who should receive it?

5. Do you prescribe it only to black patients?

6. Any opinions about it only being approved for blacks?

7. What were your colleagues saying about it?

8. Do you see any benefits/harms to having race-specific drugs?

9. What are your thoughts about expanding the BiDil indication for all races?

10. Are you using BiDil? On all patients or just black patients?

11. Do you use patient's race to determine treatment?

a. How do you determine their race?

Primary questions included in semistructured interview guide. Interviewers probed for more information when time permitted or shortened the interview if the participant had time constraints. Demographic questions related to practice area, age, gender, self-identified race, and years of practice.