Perceived factors influencing QI objectives
| Factor | n (%) responding 4 or 5 on scale from 1 (very little) to 5 (very much) | Discrepancy in view of “does” and “should” (p value)* | |
| Do | Should | ||
| Senior management | 58 (89.2) | 60 (95.2) | 0.118 |
| National accrediting body | 57 (89.1) | 51 (82.3) | 0.344 |
| Adverse events | 55 (85.9) | 58 (93.6) | 0.227 |
| Internal performance data | 51 (79.7) | 61 (98.4) | 0.001 |
| Your recommendations | 53 (82.8) | 50 (80.7) | 1.000 |
| Hospital programme priorities | 51 (79.7) | 54 (88.5) | 0.146 |
| Management and staff | 48 (75.0) | 57 (91.9) | 0.006 |
| Hospital board | 48 (73.9) | 53 (84.1) | 0.118 |
| Ministry of Health | 46 (71.9) | 38 (62.3) | 0.118 |
| Safer healthcare now | 45 (70.3) | 52 (83.9) | 0.008 |
| External performance data | 42 (65.6) | 61 (98.4) | 0.003 |
| Patient recommendations | 42 (65.6) | 61 (98.4) | <0.001 |
| Physician champion | 39 (60.0) | 54 (87.1) | <0.001 |
| Other clinician | 33 (51.6) | 46 (74.2) | 0.001 |
| Physicians | 30 (46.2) | 51 (83.6) | <0.001 |
| Published research | 28 (44.4) | 45 (73.8) | <0.001 |
| Health region | 22 (34.4) | 37 (59.7) | 0.001 |
| Other certification body | 18 (28.6) | 22 (36.7) | 0.687 |
| External consultants | 12 (18.5) | 14 (22.2) | 0.727 |
| External researchers | 11 (17.2) | 25 (40.3) | 0.001 |
↵* McNemar's test.