Consumer and Provider Perspectives on Hospital in the Home: A Qualitative Study
Table 2
Consumer (n = 51) and provider (n = 35) demographics.
Consumers n (%)
Providers n(%)
Gender
Female
37 (73)
31 (89)
Male
13 (25)
4 (11)
Prefer not to answer
1 (2)
0 (0)
Age
Under 30
4 (8)
5 (14)
31 to 45
25 (49)
12 (34)
46 to 60
17 (33)
16 (46)
Over 61
5 (10)
2 (6)
Ethnicity
Australian
36 (58)
25 (54)
Asian
7 (11)
9 (20)
European
6 (10)
4 (9)
Indian
6 (10)
2 (4)
African
2 (3)
1 (2)
New Zealander
2 (3)
1(2)
Middle Eastern
0 (0)
2 (4)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
0 (0)
1(2)
Other
3 (5)
1(2)
English proficiency
Excellent
48 (94)
34 (97)
Good
3 (6)
1 (3)
Other language spoken at home
No
37 (73)
19 (54)
Yes
14 (27)
16 (46)
Language
Mandarin
3 (20)
4 (21)
Hindi
3 (20)
3 (16)
Tamil
2 (13)
0 (0)
Cantonese
1 (7)
1 (5)
Greek
1 (7)
0 (0)
Arabic
0 (0)
2 (11)
Italian
0 (0)
1 (5)
Other
5 (33)
8 (42)
Note. Participants were able to select >1 ethnicity and language; ethnicity other = Nepalese, Samoan-Australian, Sri Lankan; language other = Croatian, Indonesian, Malayalam, Nepali, Tagalog, Filipino, French, Gujarati, Ilocano, Japanese, and Singhalese.
