Whose job? The staffing of advance care planning support in twelve international healthcare organizations: a qualitative interview study

Table 2 Interviews by healthcare system and respondent role

	Gundersen	Dartmouth-Hitchcock	Wisconsin Medical	Sharp	NARP	Fraser	Austin	Northern	Barwon	Albany	Canterbury	Auckland	TOTAL
Senior managers/leaders	4	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	17
Dedicated ACP staff	2	3	3	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	3	1	27
Physicians	2	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	4	3	0	21
Nurses	3	2	5	1	8	6	0	0	1	3	5	3	37
Social workers	4	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	17
Other	10	6	1	2	1	5	4	0	2	2	3	2	38
TOTAL	25	14	17	12	12	16	12	3	12	9	16	9	157
Individual	19	1	7	12	12	16	12	1	6	9	10	7	112
Group	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	18

Respondents sometimes filled more than one role. In these cases, we selected the primary role. For example, physicians with a full time clinical position are categorized as physicians even if they are an ACP lead or hold other leadership roles
The category of physicians includes hospital physicians (including palliative care physicians, geriatricians and other specialists) and general practitioners
Dedicated ACP staff are those whose positions are exclusively or predominantly ACP-related
Other includes spiritual care advisors, volunteers, care home staff, speech therapists and occupational therapists

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