Table 2.

Five types of decisional needs

	Types of decisional needs
Conditions linked to decisional needs	Prioritization (26 cases 1210 participants)	Use of services (22 cases; 769 participants)	Prescription (12 cases; 460 participants)	Behaviour change (4 cases; 267 participants)	Institutionalization (5 cases; 982 participants)
Who PCCN bio-psycho-social characteristics	multimorbidity (n = 23) polypharmacy (n = 9) social vulnerability (n = 11) mental health issues (n = 12) frequent user* (n = 1); under user (n = 2)*	multimorbidity (n = 17) polypharmacy (n = 9) social vulnerability (n = 16) mental health issues (n = 6) frequent user (n = 7); under user (n = 4)	multimorbidity (n = 12) polypharmacy (n = 11) social vulnerability (n = 9) mental health issues (n = 8) frequent user (n = 1) under user (n = 1)	multimorbidity (n = 1) polypharmacy (n = 1) social vulnerability (n = 4) mental health issues (n = 3) frequent users (n = 1); under users (n = 1)	multimorbidity (n = 2) polypharmacy (n = 1) social vulnerability (n = 5) mental health issues (n = 5)
How The decision is made in partnership or independently (decision driven by)	partnership (n = 9) independently (n = 17) (8 by practitioner; 9 by patient)	partnership (n = 4) independently (n = 18) (3 by practitioner; 13 by patient; 2 by caregiver)	all independently = (n = 12) (8 by practitioner; 4 by patient)	all independently = (n = 4) (3 by patient; 1 by caregiver)	all independently (n = 5) (4 by caregiver; 1 by patient)
Where / When The decision is made during or between clinical encounter	during (n = 19) between (n = 7)	during (n = 7) between (n = 15)	during (n = 8) between (n = 4)	all between (n = 4)	all between (n = 5)

*These participants report an inappropriate use of services (overuse or underuse)