Table 1 Characteristics of the experts

Experts (n)

38

6

7

4

4

5

4

4

4

 Female

25

4

5

2

2

5

2

3

2

 Male

13

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

  < 40

2

1

1

 40–44

2

1

1

1

 45–49

2

1

 50–54

8

3

1

2

2

 55–59

11

1

3

2

1

1

3

 60–64

7

1

1

2

2

1

 > =65

6

2

-

1

3

Years of professional experience, range

12–63

15–38

12–35

26–40

17–38

25–39

29–40

30–63

21–34

Years of experience with dementia care, range

0.5–38

3–23

1–30

17–30

14–38

0.5–25

11–30

30–37

5–33

Years of experience in current position, range

0.5–35

1–23

0.5–10

6–22

1–12

0.5–7

5–15

15–35

2–19

 Policy maker

7

2

1

1

3

 Political decision maker (elected)

2

1

1

 Political decision maker (not elected)

7

3

1

3

 Advisory board

6

1

4

1

 Academic researcher

1

1

 Representative of NGO/Alzheimer society

11

1

2

1

1

1

3

1

1

 Representative of insurance company

3

2

1

 Representative of dementia care provider

2

1

1

 Representative of funding organization

2

2

 Representative of umbrella organization providing advice and collecting data on dementia care

1

1

 national level

30

4

7

3

3

2

3

4

4

 regional level

4

1

1

1

1

 local level

4

1

1

2

 face-to-face

17

5

3

1

4

4

 telephone

21

6

2

1

3

1

4

4

Duration of interview in min, range, mean

20–110, 53.5

20–50, 30.8

45–55, 52.1

95–110, 102.5

24–50, 40.3

50–90, 65.0

48–70, 59.5

45–65, 57.5

20–45, 32.5