Qualitative Methods and Characteristics of Participants
| Individual Interviews April–July 2001* August–October 2003† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | In-Depth | Brief | Videotaped Encounters August–September 2003† | Focus Group Interviews April–July 2001* August–October 2003† | Participant Observation April–July 2001* August–October 2003† |
| * Research conducted at primary office site, A. | |||||
| † Research conducted at all office sites, A – D. | |||||
| Participants | Site = Clinic A | Physicians = 3 (n = 15) | Offices = 1 primary, 3 secondary | ||
| Physicians | 8 | 15 | Total encounters = 29 | Early advocates = 1 (n = 6) | |
| Patients | 1 | 42 | No. of physicians = 6 | Resident physicians = 1 (n = 6) | Clinical encounters = 52 |
| Office staff | 4 | 5 | Encounters/physician = 4–5 | ||
| Approximate duration | 1 h | 10 min | Duration = range 1.5–27.8 min, mean 16.9 min | Duration = 1 h | Duration = 80 h |