Table 2.
Overview of interview sampling
| Interview | Gender | Perspective | Type of care provided (where applicable) | Region | (Medical) expertise (where applicable) | Setting (where applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A | F | research | – | Vienna | general medicine | urban |
| 2A | M | provider | inpatient | Vienna | paediatric pulmonology and allergology | urban |
| 3A | M | provider | inpatient | Salzburg | paediatrics | rural |
| 4A | M | provider | inpatient, rehabilitation services | Styria | paediatrics | rural |
| 5A | F | expert by experience | Austria | carer, patient advocate | national | |
| 6A | M | expert by experience | Austria | patient advocate | national | |
| 7A | M | expert by experience | Austria | patient advocate | national | |
| 8A | M | expert by experience | Austria | patient advocate | national | |
| 9B | M | research | – | Styria | – | national |
| 10B | F | provider | outpatient | Vienna | clinical psychology | urban |
| 11B | F | provider | outpatient (rehabilitation) | Vienna | physical medicine and rehabilitation | urban |
| 12B | M | provider | inpatient | Upper Austria | neurology | national |
| 13B | M | provider | inpatient | Carinthia | anaesthesia and intensive care medicine | national |
| 14B | F | public health administration | – | Styria | – | urban and rural |
| 14B | F | expert by experience | Austria | patient advocate | urban | |
| 15C | M | research | university, consulting | Vienna | psychiatry | (inter)national |
| 16C | F | provider | outpatient | Vienna, Austria | general medicine | urban and rural |
| 17C | F | provider | outpatient (home treatment) | Vorarlberg | nursing | urban and rural |
| 18C | M | provider | outpatient | Vienna | psychiatry | urban |
| 19C | M | provider | outpatient | Styria | psychiatry | urban |
| 20C | M | provider | inpatient | Styria | geronto- psychiatry | urban |
| 21C | F | expert by experience | Vienna | service user | urban | |
| 22C | F | expert by experience | Upper Austria | service user | rural | |
| 23C | F | expert by experience | Vienna | carer | urban | |
| 24C | F | expert by experience | Vienna | carer | urban |
A: bronchial asthma; B: non-specific chronic lower back pain; C: mental illness
Participants were only asked about those conditions for which they had expertise, i.e. A bronchial asthma; B non-specific chronic lower back pain or C mental health