Table 1 Interview guide
From: Priority setting in the provincial health services authority: survey of key decision makers
1 | Can you describe for me the process that is currently used to identify priorities and allocate resources within the PHSA? |
2 | Overall, do you think the process works well? What are the strengths of the process? |
3a | How well is the publicity condition met in this organization?* |
3b | How well is the relevance condition met in this organization?* |
3c | How well is the appeals condition met in this organization?* |
3d | How well is the enforcement condition met in this organization?* |
4 | How can the current process of setting priorities and allocating resources be improved? |
5 | What types of information (or data or evidence) that are not currently used would you most want to use to improve decision making in setting priorities and allocating resources? |
6 | What barriers are currently faced in undertaking the priority setting process within the PHSA? |
7 | Noting the organizational culture of the PHSA, how would this environment respond to a move towards an explicit, more formal, process of priority setting? |
8 | How do the group dynamics at a typical executive meeting impact priority setting decisions? |
9 | What factors do you think are necessary for sustaining an explicit, more formal, priority setting process in the PHSA? Please be as specific as possible. |
10 | How has the public been used in priority setting/resource allocation processes in the past? |
11 | Ideally, how would you want the public to be involved in the priority setting process? |
12 | What role have physicians played in priority setting/resource allocation processes in the past? |
13 | Ideally, how would you want the physicians to be involved in the priority setting process? |
14 | How well do you think the values of the PHSA are incorporated into priority setting activity? |
15 | How should the values of the PHSA be incorporated into the priority setting process? |