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Table 1 Participant roles and locations (n = 44)\

From: Expect delays: poor connections between rural and urban health systems challenge multidisciplinary care for rural Americans with diabetic foot ulcers

Participant role

Rural (n)

Urban (n)

Total (n)

Primary care

6

0

6

Clinical support (e.g. nurses, medical assistants)

4

1

5

Podiatry

3

3

6

Diabetes education

3

0

3

Wound specialist

3

0

3

Home health

2

0

2

Infectious disease

1

2

3

Administrative support (e.g. schedulers, referral coordinators)

1

3

4

Vascular surgery

0

5

5

Social work/case management

0

2

2

Patient

2

0

2

Caregiver

3

0

3

Total

28

16

44