Perceived barriers to effective implementation of public reporting of hospital performance data in Australia: a qualitative study

Table 1 Categories of interview participants (expert informants)

#	Type	Sector	Informant Label^a	Description & Jurisdiction	Interviews (n)	Interviewees (n)
1	Consumer	Consumer	Consumer	Consumer advocacy organisations with national or state focus, and one independent advocate	6	7
2	Provider	Public	PrPub	National and state based health providers and provider associations	3	4
3		Private	PrPriv	National and state based health providers and provider associations	3	3
4		Mixed	PrMix	National medical practitioner professional colleges, associations and councils	6	8
5	Purchaser	Government	PurGov	Government health departments from states, territories and Commonwealth	9	12
6		Private	PurPriv	National private health insurance funders	4	4
7		Independent	PurIndept	National independent government agencies (relevant Authorities and Commissions)	3	3
				Total (N)	34	41

^a Informant labels are used in the text to anonymously identify individual informants by their type and sector

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