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Table 2 Characteristics of participating patients and carers

From: What matters to people with chronic conditions when accessing care in Australian general practice? A qualitative study of patient, carer, and provider perspectives

Participant characteristics

Number (% total or range, as indicated)

Sex

 Female

15 (75%)

 Male

5 (25%)

Location of general practice

 Central and Eastern Sydney PHN

12 (60%)

 South Western Sydney PHN

6 (30%)

 Nepean Blue Mountains PHN

2 (10%)

Number of

 Patients

18 (90%)

 Carers

2 (10%)

Median age in years (range)

59.5 (29–88)

Median years lived with condition(s) (range)

14.5 (1–41)

Presence of rare condition(s)

 Yes

4 (20%)

 No

16 (80%)

 Median years seeing current GP (range)

10 (3.5 months – 21 years)

Bulk billed by GP

 Yes

13 (65%)

 No

3 (15%)

 Uncertain/Did not answer

4 (20%)

Recruited from patient advocacy or consumer representative organization

 Yes

11 (55%)

 No

9 (45%)