Table 2 Included studies – characteristics
Primary author | Publication year | Study methods | Study design | Country | Setting | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Belkhodja | 2007 | Telephone Survey | Quantitative | Canada | Ministries, Health Authorities, Hospitals | 928 decision-makers (managers and professionals) |
2 Bowen | 2009 | Interviews and Focus Groups | Quantitative | Canada | Health Authorities | 205 decision-makers (senior managers, middle managers and board members) |
3 Dobbins | 2007(a) | Interviews | Quantitative | Canada | Public Health Units | 16 decision-makers (6 program mangers, 6 directors, 1 Medical Officer of Health) |
4 Dobbins | 2001 | Telephone Survey and Questionnaire | Quantitative | Canada | Public Health Units | 141 decision-makers (medical and associate medical officers of health, program directors, program managers) |
5 Dobbins | 2007(b) | Telephone Survey | Quantitative | Canada | Community-based health organizations | 92 decision-makers (from any level from CEO to front-line clinicians, senior planners) |
6 Farmer | 2001 | Interviews | Quantitative | Scotland | Health Authorities | 15 decision-makers (7 Directors’and 8 physician advisors) |
7 Ham | 2003 | Interviews, Questionnaires, Case Studies | Qualitative and Quantitative | United Kingdom | Health Authorities | 257 decision-makers (152 managers, 44 medical specialists, 21 nurses, 12 administrative and clerical staff, 12 GPs, 16 other) 4 case studies |
8 Higgins | 2011 | Interviews | Qualitative | Canada | Health Authorities | 21 decision-makers (16 front-line staff 5 managers) |
9 Jbilou | 2007 | Survey | Qualitative | Canada | Health Organizations (Hospitals, Health Authorities, Ministries, Agencies) | 942 decision-makers (managers, professionals, in ministries, hospitals, boards and councils) |
10 McDiarmid | 2007 | Telephone Interview | Qualitative and Quantitative | Canada | Hospitals | 21 decision-makers (16 front-line staff 5 managers) |
11 Mitton | 2004 | Interviews and Focus Groups | Qualitative | Canada | Health Authority | 25 decision-makers (senior managers, clinicians) |
12 Niedzwiedzka | 2003 | Survey, Interviews, Focus Groups, Document Review | Qualitative and Quantitative | Poland | Hospitals and Departments of Health | 815 decision-makers (hospital CEOs, medical directors, head nurses, directors) (#s for interviews and focus groups unknown) |
13 Weatherly | 2002 | Survey, Interviews, Document Review | Qualitative and Quantitative | United Kingdom | Health Authorities | 102 Health Authorities (78 decision makers N 68 coordinators, 10 leaders) |
14 Wilson | 2001 | Online Survey | Quantitative | Canada | Community-based health organizations | 25 decision-makers (Executive Directors) |