Table 3.

Interview schedules for follow-on interviews.

Interview schedule for telephone interviews with HCPs who had been involved in a transfer home to die	Interview schedule for telephone interviews with HCPs who had been involved in a discussion about transfer home to die
Topic: Dying trajectory and decision-making process	Topic: Dying trajectory and decision-making process
Questions: Can we start with you giving me an overview of the patient? Could you talk me through the decision-making process?	Questions: Could you start by talking me through one specific patient about whom or with whom you have had discussions about transferring them home to die.
Topic: Action process – Preparation for transfer	Topic: Decision-making
Questions: Could you tell me about preparing for the transfer?	Questions: Could you tell me why the patient was not transferred home? What were the deciding factors?
Topic: Action process – transfer	Topic: Experience
Questions: Please tell me about the actual transfer.	Questions: What would need to be in place for you to consider transferring a patient home to die?
Topic: Care at Home
Questions: Can you tell me about care at home? When did the patient die?
Topic: Experience
Drawing on your experience, what would your advice be to other clinical teams considering a transfer? What would support this in practice?

HCPs: health care providers.