Community pharmacists’ views about prescription medicine co-payments and potential implications for equitable access to medicines: a critical realist interpretation

Table 1 Participant demographics

Gender^§	Female	8
	Male	5
	Total	13
Employment status^§	Employee	7
	Owner	6
	Total	13
Years of professional experience as a pharmacist^*	< 6 years	1
	6–10	1
	11–15	2
	16–20	2
	21 +	3
	Unknown (did not complete survey)	4
	Total	13
Ethnicity (self-selected) (based on New Zealand Census classifications)^*	New Zealand European	5
	Unknown (did not complete survey)	4
	Māori	2
	Chinese	2
	Samoan	0
	Cook Islands Māori	0
	Tongan	0
	Niuean	0
	Other, e.g., Dutch, Japanese, Tokelauan	0
	Preferred not to say	0
	Total	13
Pharmacy type^§	Independent	9
	Banner	3
	N/A (Locum)	1
	Total	13
Pharmacy location (could select more than one option)^*	Located in an area of high deprivation	6
	Located in a rural or remote area	4
	Neither applicable	6
	Total	16

ISSN: 2052-3211