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Table 2 Focus group semi-structured topics

From: Exploring the solutions to the inherent perils of (the multitude of) guidelines – a focus group study of stakeholders’ perceptions

Function/focus

Key questions

Questions on invitation

• What can developers of norms and guidelines for hospital care do to reduce the number of guidelines/norms and improve clarity and consistency?

• What can norm-enforcing institutions do to focus and align priorities and reduce uncertainty for hospitals about what they are expected to comply with?

• What can hospital boards, managers, and staff do to integrate norms into hospital systems successfully?

Hospital as part of the system

• What are possible solutions on a system level?

Norm developers

• What solutions can guideline developers put forward?

Norm enforcers

• What can norm enforcers contribute to a possible solution?

Stakeholders view

• Input from parties outside the hospital concerning experience problem by hospitals

Different perspective

• Possible solutions from a different perspective?