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Table 2.

Characteristics of the interview participants

Role	Number	Characteristics
Managerial	4	Clinical commissioning group or local authority commissioners and policy makers
Provider	9	Hip and Knee team, Healthy Lifestyle Service, GPs, Referral Support Service
Patient	7	• 5 males, 2 females. • All patients had obesity; one was also a smoker. • 4 accepted Healthy Lifestyle Service support referral, 3 declined • 5 referred for surgery, 2 referred for conservative management

Role

Number

Characteristics

Managerial

Clinical commissioning group or local authority commissioners and policy makers

Provider

Hip and Knee team, Healthy Lifestyle Service, GPs, Referral Support Service

Patient

• 5 males, 2 females.

• All patients had obesity; one was also a smoker.

• 4 accepted Healthy Lifestyle Service support referral, 3 declined

• 5 referred for surgery, 2 referred for conservative management