Table 5.

Reasons not to participate in the cardiology programme as mentioned by medical specialists.

No participation in the cardiology programme because of… (n (%))	Medical specialists (not participating) (n = 21)
…administrative efforts	14 (66.7)
…costs	6 (28.6)
…necessary modification of information technology	6 (28.6)
…inability or reluctance to fulfil all of the contractual terms	6 (28.6)
…fear for the survival of the statutory health insurance system	4 (19.0)
…fear for one’s professional autonomy	3 (14.3)
…professional political aspects	2 (9.5)
…a regional lack of general practitioners in general practitioner-centred care	2 (9.5)
…colleagues advised against participation	2 (9.5)
…not knowing about the cardiology contract	2 (9.5)
…a lack of suitable patients	1 (4.8)
Other	5 (23.8)