Table 1: Demographic and professional characteristics of the study sample.

	n			Mean age	Mean work experience in PC in years	Mean no. of patients per year, ambulant/ long-term
Nurses in primary care		323	49 +/- 9.4		6-10, range: 0-35	13.8 / 23.1
Nurses in specialized care		208	48 +/- 9.1		6-10, range: 0-35	116.7/ 128.6
Doctors in specialized care		73	53 +/- 9.0		16-25, range: 0-35+	116.2 / 112.4
General practitioners		94	58 +/- 8.6		26-35, range: 0-35+	21.7/ 19.43