Table 1.

Case characteristics

	Case A (Willow)	Case B (Brickley)
Hospital classification	Hospital can provide 24-h acute surgery, acute medicine and critical care	Hospital provides tertiary and supra-regional care in addition to 24-h acute surgery, acute medicine and critical care
Location	Rural	Urban
Financial and Governance Structure	Statutory hospital–funded and governed by the national government agency, the health service executive (HSE)	Voluntary hospital–acquires greater autonomy as owned by a religious order and subsequently reports to a hospital board rather than the HSE. This hospital type also receives funding from the state
Hospital size	Approximately, 200 bed capacity	Approximately, 600 inpatient bed capacity, 100 day-bed capacity
Team size	n  = 65	n  = 73
Team speciality	Surgical	Medical
Team stability	Intern: 3-month rotation Senior house officer: biannual rotation Registrar: biannual/annual rotation Allied health professionals (AHPs): biannual rotation Multi-task attendants: 3-month rotation	Intern: 3-month rotation Senior house officer: biannual rotation Registrar: biannual/annual rotation Junior AHPs:4-6-month rotation
Team location	Doctors and nurses based on one ward, AHPs move across different units in the hospital	Team divided across two wards located on different levels of the hospital. Nursing staff work permanently one of the wards while doctors and AHPs move between units
Team culture	Hierarchical	Collaborative