Perceptions and Opinions of Canadian Hospital Executives: METHODS
Survey Development
This study represented a partnership between the research team, which was funded by Health Canada, and the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE). The CCHSE is a national, nonprofit, professional association dedicated to developing, promoting, advancing, and recognizing excellence in health care leadership. It has about 3000 individual members who work in all health sectors across Canada. A draft survey was created on the basis of a review of the CCHSE document General Managerial Competencies; the research team interviewed key informants to develop additional questions related to survey’s objectives. The draft survey was reviewed for face validity by CCHSE staff members and then pilot-tested by 7 health executives and managers (who were reached by e-mail). After incorporating changes suggested by the pilot group and the researchers, a second draft survey was circulated to the members of the research team. This gave the team members a final opportunity to provide feedback before the final version was sent to the survey sample.
The final survey had 3 sections. The first section asked respondents about the importance of a variety of managerial skills and their perceived level of attainment for 31 specific managerial skills. Results for this section of the survey were reported previously5 and will not be explored in this paper. cialis canadian pharmacy
The second section, which consisted of 5 questions, specifically assessed respondents’ assessment of medication management. Its purpose was to determine the perceptions of Canadian health care executives and managers about issues related to improving the use of pharmaceuticals after these products are on the market. In particular, these questions asked respondents about the perceived importance of factors influencing the demand for pharmaceuticals, the frequency of their use of various sources of information about pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical policy, the perceived level of importance of various methods to optimize the use of pharmaceuticals, and the perceived importance of various drug-related issues. This section also included 2 yes-or-no questions about the value of pharmaceuticals.
The third section of the survey requested respondents’ demographic information, specifically sex, years of experience in a health care management position, area of residence, type of work setting, educational background, and current job title. Respondents were also asked to specify if they held the Certified Health Executive (CHE) designation. Two questions allowed respondents to provide additional qualitative feedback on what they felt was the “value for money” spent on prescription drugs and their access to information systems that helped them to assess this “value for money”. A blank page was provided at the end of the survey for comments. The final page of the survey consisted of a glossary of 15 terms used in the pharmaceutical questions. suhagra 100
