Table 2.

Survey respondent characteristics

Time post-implementation	More than 12 months = 43 (68 %)
	Less than 12 months =20 (32 %)
Professional group	Medical = 29 (46 %)
	Nursing = 29 (46 %)
	Other/allied health = 5 (8 %)
Hospital size/type	Major metropolitan = 30 (48 %)
	Major regional = 23 (36 %)
	Large metropolitan = 7 (11 %)
	Medium sized = 3 (5 %)

Major metropolitan metropolitan hospitals with greater than 20,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and greater than 20,000 emergency department presentations annually, Major Regional regional hospitals with greater than 16,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and greater than 20,000 emergency department presentations annually, Large metropolitan metropolitan acute hospitals treating greater than 10,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and greater than 20,000 emergency department presentations annually, Medium sized medium acute hospitals in metropolitan and regional areas treating between 5000 and 10,000 acute casemix-adjusted separations and greater than 20,000 emergency department resentations annually [19]