Characteristics of participants in the focus groups and interviews
| Participants (n) | Sex (n) | Age (years) overall mean 44.5 | N of role (physician, nurse, admin) | Years of experience overall mean 14.6 | ||||
| Some participants have >1 role | ||||||||
| Male | Female | Range, mean | Phys | Nurse | Admin | Range, mean | ||
| Africa | 11 | 7 | 4 | 34–70, 46 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1–27, 10.8 |
| Asia | 14 | 6 | 8 | 28–63, 45 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3–28, 16.4 |
| Latin America | 15 | 9 | 6 | 35–59, 43 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4–30, 14.2 |
| Total | 40 | 22 | 18 | 32 | 8 | 9* | ||
*Four clinician focus group participants reported to us that they served as part-time health system administrators, making the administrator total n=9 rather than just the n=5 who participated in individual interviews.
Admin, administrator; Phys, physician.