Barriers and facilitators to improve safety and efficiency of the ICU discharge process: a mixed methods study

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents

	Individual interviews	Focus group interviews
	(n = 23)	(n = 25)
Job Title
ICU physician (%) ICU nurse (%) Ward physician (%) Ward nurse (%) Policy maker ^a (%) Patient (%)	5 (22) 5 (22) 3 (13) 5 (22) 3 (13) 2 (9)	5 (20) 7 (28) 5 (20) 8 (32) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Male (%)	10 (43)	8 (32)
Hospital type
General (%) Teaching (%) Academic (%) Not applicable ^b (%)	6 (26) 4 (17) 10 (43) 3 (13)	5 (20) 10 (40) 10 (40) 0 (0)
Years clinical Experience in current specialty
<5 years (%) 5–10 years (%) >10 years (%) Not applicable ^c (%)	8 (35) 5 (22) 5 (22) 5 (22)	5 (20) 7 (28) 13 (52) 0 (0)

^aPolicy makers: two hospital managers and one consultant of a medical insurance company
^bOne policy maker and the two patients were not affiliated to a hospital
^cThe policy makers and patients were not categorised

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