Table 1 Sample size estimates

Well Consumers

2–4 Focus Groups

(approximately 5–8 participants / group)

Large metropolitan aged care association; University of the 3rd Age

Pre-Frail and Frail Consumer

2–4 Focus Groups

(approximately 5–8 participants / group)

Large metropolitan aged care association and facility

Emergency Department Physicians

Individual Interviews

(8–16 participants)

Two metropolitan acute care hospitals (emergency departments)

Orthopedic Surgeons

Individual Interviews

(15–24 participants)

Urban, Rural South Australia

Practice Nurses

2–4 Focus Groups

(approximately 5–8 participants / group)

Urban (Adelaide Primary Health Network [PHN])

Rural (Country PHN)

General Practitioners

3–4 Focus Groups

(approximately 5–8 participants / group)

Urban, Rural South Australia