Multiple constraints compromise decision-making about implantable medical devices for individual patients: qualitative interviews with physicians

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of interview participants

Physician specialty	Self-reported career stage			Subtotal
Physician specialty	Early	Mid	Late	Subtotal
Orthopedic surgeons	10OE-MB 11OE-MB 14OE-AB 15OE-NS 16OE-NS 17OE-NS	06OM-ON 08OM-MB 12OM-BC	03OL-ON 07OL-ON 09OL-MB	12
Cardiac or vascular surgeon, or cardiologists (general, electro-physiologists, interventional)	02 CE-ON 04 CE-ON	01CM-ON 05CM-ON 13CM-MB 19CM-ON 20CM-AB 21CM-ON 22CM-MB	18CL-ON	10
Subtotal	8	10	4	22

C cardiac, O orthopedic; E early career, M mid-career, L late career; two letter code for province: AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, MB Manitoba, NS Nova Scotia, ON Ontario

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