Table 1.

Structure and practice elements of components of organisational decision-making for resource allocation

COMPONENTS	STRUCTURE (Who, What)	PRACTICE (How)
1. Governance	▪ Overseers ▪ Policies for decision-making ▪ Transparency and accountability in all structures ▪ Requirements for addressing conflict of interesta ▪ Requirements for monitoring, evaluation and improvement of systems and processes b ▪ Requirements for reporting	▪ Oversight ▪ Procedures, guidelines, protocols for decision-making ▪ Transparency and accountability in all practices ▪ Methods of addressing conflict of interest ▪ Methods of monitoring, evaluation and improvement of systems and processes ▪ Methods of reporting
2. Administration	▪ Administrators ▪ Requirements for administration ▪ Relationships and coordination ▪ Communication	▪ Methods of administration, coordination, communication and collaboration
3. Stakeholder engagement	▪ Clinicians, Managers, Consumers, Technical experts, Funders, other relevant parties ▪ Requirements for stakeholder engagement	▪ Methods of identification, recruitment and engagement
4. Resources	▪ Funding sources ▪ Allocation of staff ▪ Access to experts or ways to gain expertise ▪ Information sources ▪ Requirements for resources	▪ Provision of appropriate and adequate funding, time, skills/training, information ▪ Utilisation of resources
5. Decision-making	▪ Decision-makers  − Clinicians  − Authorised individuals  − Authorised groups ▪ Scope of decisions ▪ Type of decisions ▪ Requirements for decision-making	▪ Methods of decision-making  − Identification of need/application  − Decision criteria  − Ascertainment and use of evidence  − Reminders and prompts to consider disinvestment  − Deliberative process  − Documentation and dissemination
6. Implementation	▪ Purchasers ▪ Requirements for purchasing	▪ Methods of purchasing
	▪ Policy and guidance developers ▪ Requirements for policies and guidance documents	▪ Methods of policy and guidance development
	▪ Implementers ▪ Requirements for implementation	▪ Methods of project management ▪ Methods of change management
7. Evaluation	▪ Evaluators ▪ Requirements for evaluation ▪ Type and source of data collected	▪ Methods of evaluation
8. (Reinvestment)	▪ Requirements for reinvestment/reallocation	▪ Methods of reinvestment/reallocation

^aRequirement is used in the sense of performance stipulated in accordance with policies, regulations, standards or similar rules or obligations

^bItems in italics were not specified by respondents but have been added for consistency across all components