Table 2.

Interview guide

Questions	Probe
What is your initial reaction to the recommendation? Expand	What did you think of the information presented? How do feel after listening to this presentation? Do you feel that the evidence-based policy recommendation is applicable to your health service? Why/Why not? Do you feel that the results presented within individual papers have been reported in a trustworthy manner by the authors? (Why/Why not) Do you feel that the approach taken by the EviTAH investigators to identify and synthesize this information has been trustworthy? (Why/Why not)
Do you feel that the evidence synthesized to form the evidence-based policy recommendation is applicable to your health service? (Why/Why not)	Do you feel that the recommendations formed by the EviTAH investigators accurately reflects the evidence that was identified? (Why/Why not) Do you have any concerns? What do you have particular concerns about? Length of stay, outcomes—reflect on how they perceive the evidence and its meaning to their setting
What do you perceive the recommendations mean towards the provision of your acute and subacute services?	Are you concerned that there may be risks associated with implementing the recommendation? What are some of these? What leads you to believe these may happen? (source of information, personal perception) Is there anything else that you think will be important towards implementing the recommendations?
What did you think of the information presented?	What do you see as your role in terms of ensuring that resources used in allied health are done so in a way that maximize benefit to the community?
At this stage how do you feel you will respond?	What are the main reasons that you intend to respond or not? What do the recommendations mean for your acute service delivery? If you already think your acute services are provided on the basis of clinical exception, what are the exceptions? What do the recommendations mean for your subacute service delivery?
Does the make-up of your wards align with the results	How/how not? Clarify re  geriatric evaluation and management Do not know what to do? Explore current service in comparison to  evidence-based policy recommendation
What does the evidence mean to your service delivery?	Anticipate barriers, for example time, effort, specialist Is there anything else that you think will be important towards implementing the recommendations?
Are you completely accepting of evidence-based policy recommendation? Expand
Are you accepting but not willing to act?	Why?
What do you see as barriers that could be overcome?	How could these be overcome? Explore barriers perceived as resolvable and those that are not Perceived concerns/risks?