HospExe: Qualitative Analysis of Hospital Executives, Physician Administrators, and Hospital Legal Counsels' Perceptions of End-of-Life Care

Sponsor

US Department of Veterans Affairs (U.S. Fed)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00760201

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

0.5

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Interviewing hospital executives, physician administrators and hospital legal counsel who work in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital) about their perceptions concerning current and future end-of-life care provided in their facilities

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
End of Life Care

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Anticipated Enrollment :

14 participants

Official Title:

Analysis of Hospital Executives, Physician Administrators, and Hospital Legal Counsels� Perceptions of End-of-Life Care

Study Start Date :

Aug 1, 2008

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Aug 1, 2010

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
1 Hospital executives, physician administrators and hospital legal counsel

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Perceptions of hospital executive, physician administrator or hospital legal counsel in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital) [One year]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Informant is a hospital executive, physician administrator or hospital legal counsel in a hospital setting (academic, governmental, private or community hospital) and is able to communicate perceptions verbally through use of English language. All participants will likely be nonveterans