Table 1.

Interview participants and their characteristics (n=43)

	n	%
Hospital type
University hospital	16	37
Tertiary medical teaching hospital	15	35
General hospital	12	28
Function title
Member of the board of directors	5	12
Member of the board of supervisors	5	12
Quality and safety directors	7	16
Quality officers	14	32
Head of department or clinical manager (auditees)	12	28
Gender
Female	24	56
Male	19	44
Work experience in the current function (years)
1–5	26	60
6–10	12	28
11–15	5	12