Table 2.

Data collection and response rates in the DUQuE project

Type of questionnaire	Expected n questionnaires per hospital with partial data collection	Expected n questionnaires per hospital with comprehensive data collection	Total questionnaires expected	Total questionnaires obtained	Average response rate	Response rate country rangea
Professional questionnaires:			10 759	9857	90	78–98
A. Chair of the Board of Trustees	1	1
B. Chief executive officer	1	1
C. Chief medical officer	1	1
D. Quality manager	1	1
E. Leading physicians and nurses	20	20
F. Manager of care pathways or head of department	0	4
G. Professionals at pathway level	0	80
M. Highest ranking nurse in the hospital	1	1
Patient questionnaires	0	120	8670	6750	75	52–90
Chart reviews	0	140	10 115	9082	89	66–100
External visits	0	1	74	74	100	100–100
Administrative routine data	1	1	188	177	94	77–100
Total amount	26	371	29 806	25 940	87%

^aBy country, % response rate range (minimum–maximum).