Table 1.

Description of study sites

CHF centre	Clinic size	Dedicated team members	Funding
Site 1	20–25 patients assessed weekly	NP‐run clinic: 1 FTE cardiologist (all other cardiologists can have patients followed by CNPs), 9 cardiology fellows, 4 CNPs	No dedicated provincial funding
Site 2	20–30 patients assessed weekly	2.5 FTE HF cardiologists, 1.5 FTE cardiology trainees, 1.6 FTE RN clinical nurse practitioners (CNPs), 0.6 FTE RN	No dedicated provincial funding; local opportunistic funds support 0.6 FTE CNP
Site 3	30–35 pts assessed weekly	2 FTE cardiologists, 1 FTE NP, 1.5 FTE RNs. Collaboration with local palliative care specialists who provide special access to regional programs	Hospital funded
Site 4	50–60 patients assessed weekly	4 FTE cardiologists, 2 FTE CNPs, 3 psychiatrists sharing Cardiac Psychiatry clinic, 1 internist doing palliative care module	Funding by province, and hospital
Site 5	40–50 patients assessed weekly	4 cardiologists. 1 geriatrician. 1 FTE NP. 1.2 FTE divided between two RNs	Hospital funded