Table 3.
Participant characteristics
| Practice # | Practice type | Number of health professionals with specific roles in CCM | Location of practice | Practice type | |||||
| Group practice | Solo practice | APN | MPA | RN | Canton | Urban | Rural | General practice | |
| 1 | x | 2 | ZH | x | x | ||||
| 2 | x | 1 | BE | x | x* | ||||
| 3 | x | 1 | 1 | ZH | x | x | |||
| 4 | x | 1 | 1 | SZ | x | x | |||
| 5 | x | 1 | BE | x | x | ||||
| 6 | x | 1 | BE | x | x | ||||
| 7 | x | 1 | BE | x | x | ||||
| 8 | x | 1 | ZH | x | x | ||||
| 9 | x | 1 | GL | x | x | ||||
| 10 | x | 1 | ZH | x | x | ||||
*General practice with focus on psychosomatic diseases with a high share of chronically ill patients.
APN, advanced practice nurse; BE, Bern; CCM, chronic care management; GL, Glarus; MPA, medical practice assistant; RN, registered nurse; SZ, Schwyz; ZH, Zürich.