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Table 2 Participant description

From: Patient and carer experience of obtaining regular prescribed medication for chronic disease in the English National Health Service: a qualitative study

Participants interviewed

Age group

Number of prescribed medications

In paid employment

Male with comorbidities (Ischaemic Heart Disease, stroke, arthritis) & wife (carer)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Male with comorbidities (emphysema, arthritis) & wife (carer)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Male with comorbidities (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Ischaemic Heart Disease, stroke) & wife (carer)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Female with comorbidities (stroke, emphysema, Ischaemic Heart Disease) & husband (carer) (Ischaemic Heart Disease)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Carer (wife) of man with comorbidities (emphysema, heart failure)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Female with comorbidities (Parkinson’s Disease, osteoporosis, hypertension) & husband (carer) (Ischaemic Heart Disease)

80 plus

> 3

Retired

Female with comorbidities (asthma, heart failure, osteoporosis)

75-79

> 3

Retired

Female with comorbidities (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis) and husband (carer) (Ischaemic Heart Disease)

75-79

> 3

Retired

Female with emphysema and hypertension

70-74

> 3

Retired

Male with comorbidities (diabetes type 2, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Ischaemic Heart Disease, arthritis) & wife (carer)

70-74

> 3

Retired

Female with comorbidities (emphysema, rheumatoid arthritis, atrial fibrillation) and husband (carer) (Ischaemic Heart Disease, depression)

70-74

> 3

Retired

Male with Parkinson’s Disease & wife (carer)

60-64

> 3

Retired

Female with Parkinson’s Disease

60-64

> 3

Retired

Male with diabetes type 1

60-64

> 3

Retired

Male with diabetes type 2

55-59

> 3

Yes

Male with diabetes type 2

55-59

> 3

No

Female with diabetes type 2

55-59

> 3

No

Female with Parkinson’s Disease

50-54

> 3

No

Male with diabetes type 1

50-54

2

Yes

Female with multiple sclerosis

40-44

0

No

Male with diabetes type 1

35-39

2

Yes