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Table 2 Organizational capacity for PE

From: Hospital capacity for patient engagement in planning and improving health services: a cross-sectional survey

Organization support

Overall n (% of 91)

Hospital type n (%)

< 100 beds

(n = 44)

≥100 beds

(n = 25)

Teaching

(n = 10)

Specialty (n = 12)

p-value

Resources

 Hospital strategic plan includes PE

70 (76.9)

28 (63.6)

22 (88.0)

8 (80.0)

12 (100.0)

0.021

 Executive responsible for PE on a part time basis

55 (60.4)

25 (56.8)

17 (68.0)

8 (80.0)

5 (41.7)

NS

 Board Member/Committee of the Board for PE

52 (57.1)

23 (52.3)

14 (56.0)

8 (80.0)

7 (58.3)

NS

 Manager responsible for PE on a part time basis

42 (46.2)

16 (36.4)

15 (60.0)

5 (50.0)

6 (50.0)

NS

 Policy specific to PE

34 (37.4)

15 (34.1)

11 (44.0)

4 (40.0)

4 (33.3)

NS

 Full-time staff working for PE manager on PE

28 (30.8)

8 (18.2)

8 (32.0)

5 (50.0)

7 (58.3)

0.001

 Part-time staff working for PE manager on PE

27 (29.7)

12 (27.3)

8 (32.0)

5 (50.0)

2 (16.7)

NS

 Operational funding dedicated to PE activities

24 (26.4)

5 (11.4)

7 (28.0)

4 (40.0)

8 (66.7)

0.001

 Reimbursement for costs incurred for PE activity

15 (16.5)

1 (2.3)

2 (8.0)

5 (50.0)

7 (58.3)

< 0.001

 Manager responsible for PE on a full time basis

10 (11.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (20.0)

3 (30.0)

2 (16.7)

0.005

 Executive responsible for PE on a full time basis

6 (6.6)

2 (4.5)

2 (8.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (16.7)

NS

 Compensation for patient time on PE activity

3 (3.3)

1 (2.3)

1 (4.0)

1 (10.0)

0 (0.0)

NS

Processes

 At least 1 PFAC for clinical activities

68 (74.7)

28 (63.6)

23 (92.0)

8 (80.0)

9 (75.0)

NS

 Pool of patient PE volunteers

64 (70.3)

25 (56.8)

20 (80.0)

10 (100.0)

9 (75.0)

NS

 At least 1 PFAC for corporate activities

60 (65.9)

22 (50.0)

21 (84.0)

8 (80.0)

9 (75.0)

0.013

 Senior executives promote or incentivize PE

59 (64.8)

22 (50.0)

22 (88.0)

6 (60.0)

9 (75.0)

0.013

 PE is recognized/disseminated/celebrated

56 (61.5)

19 (43.2)

21 (84.0)

7 (70.0)

9 (75.0)

0.005

 Staff liaison for patients involved in PE

56 (61.5)

21 (47.7)

19 (76.0)

8 (80.0)

8 (66.7)

NS

 Chair/Co-Chair of PFAC is a patient

55 (60.4)

20 (45.5)

18 (72.0)

8 (80.0)

9 (75.0)

0.042

 PE training for patients

46 (50.5)

13 (29.5)

16 (64.0)

8 (80.0)

9 (75.0)

0.001

 Debriefing of patients after PE

38 (41.8)

9 (20.5)

16 (64.0)

6 (60.0)

7 (58.3)

0.001

 Regular formal evaluation of PE processes/impact

34 (37.4)

11 (25.0)

12 (48.0)

4 (40.0)

7 (58.3)

NS

 Patient involvement in evaluation of PE

34 (37.4)

9 (20.5)

12 (48.0)

5 (50.0)

8 (66.7)

0.009

 Ongoing training for patients after onboarding

34 (37.4)

8 (18.2)

14 (56.0)

6 (60.0)

6 (50.0)

0.003

 Patient liaison for patients involved in PE

32 (35.2)

7 (15.9)

10 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

9 (75.0)

< 0.001

 PE training for clinicians/staff

29 (31.9)

7 (15.9)

8 (32.0)

7 (70.0)

7 (58.3)

0.001

 Debriefing of clinicians/staff after PE

28 (30.8)

7 (15.9)

8 (32.0)

6 (60.0)

7 (58.3)

0.005

 Joint patient-clinician/staff PE training

11 (12.1)

2 (4.5)

3 (12.0)

2 (20.0)

4 (33.3)

0.045

  1. PFAC patient and family advisory committee, NS not significant