Table 1.

Focus group participant characteristics

Hospital	Professional group	Number of participants	Number with prescribing authority
Hospital 1a	Pharmacists	8 (4 female 4 male)	3
Hospital 1a	Geriatricians	7 (5 female 2 male)	7
Hospital 2a	Pharmacists	7 (7 female)	1
Hospital 2a	Geriatricians	8 (3 female 5 male)	8
Hospital 3b	Pharmacists	6 (3 female 3 male)	1
Hospital 3b	Geriatricians	7 (4 female 3 male)	7
Hospital 4b	Pharmacists	5 (2 female 3 male)	1
Hospital 4b	Geriatricians	6 (1 female 5 male)	6

^aTeaching hospital.

^bDistrict general hospital.