Individual interview participant characteristics by interview type, rurality, sector and position; community focus group characteristics by rurality and gender
| Urban | Regional | Remote | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interviews | ||||
| Participants* | 138 | 157 | 79 | 374 |
| Individual interview | 123 | 108 | 65 | 296 |
| Individuals participating in a group interview | 15 | 49 | 14 | 78 |
| Sector† | ||||
| Indigenous health | 67 | 64 | 55 | 186 |
| General practice | 56 | 74 | 20 | 150 |
| Position | ||||
| Clinician (GP) | 32 (21) | 37 (14) | 19 (8) | 88 (43) |
| Managers | 35 | 42 | 30 | 107 |
| Practice managers | 13 | 23 | 7 | 43 |
| ICDP-funded workforce | 43 | 35 | 19 | 97 |
| Pharmacist | 15 | 20 | 4 | 39 |
| Community focus groups | ||||
| Participants | 261 | 259 | 150 | 670 (31% male; 69% female) |
Indigenous health sector includes: Indigenous Health Services and National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation State and Territory Affiliates.
General practice sector includes: general practice, Medicare locals, divisions of general practice, state-based organisations.
Manager category includes interviews with programme managers, programme officers and CEOs.
ICDP-funded category includes interviews with ICDP-funded positions such as Indigenous Health Project Officer, Care Coordinator and Outreach Worker.
Clinician category includes interviews with GPs, nurses, Aboriginal health workers and allied health professionals.
*Interviewees may have been interviewed more than once throughout the evaluation period. This represents the number of individuals interviewed or contributed to a group session at least once during the evaluation period.
†Sector numbers do not add up with the interview numbers as it excludes pharmacists not employed by Indigenous Health Service and workforce agency interviews.
CEO, chief executive officer; ICDP, Indigenous Chronic Disease Package; GP, general practitioner.