Table 1.
Characteristics of the seven participating institutions of the study
| Institution | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| No of beds | 2000 | 11 000 | 1000 | 3500 | 150 | 1000 | 200 |
| No of PROMs collected in 2020 | 1 million |
600 000 | 600 000 | 2 million |
50 000 | 650 000 | 100 000 |
| Type of organisation | Private Hospital | Hospital system | Academic hospital | Hospital system | Specialty Hospital | Academic hospital | Specialty hospital |
| Location | Mid-west/ South-east |
West | West | Northeast | Northeast | Midwest | Northeast |
| Systematic collection of PROMs since | 2015 | 2015 | 2012 | 2015 | 2017 | 2015 | 2017 |
| Overall budget ($) | 1 billion |
25 billion |
4 billion |
10 billion |
400 million |
4 billion |
1 Billion |
| Interviewee Titles | CLEs, dept. chairs, PROMs director | CLE, dept. chair, PROMs director | CLEs, dept. chairs, PROMs Director, DDW | CLEs, dept. chairs, DDW | CLEs, dept. chairs, PROMs directors | Dept. chairs, DDW | CLE, DDW |
All numbers are approximate to ensure anonymity.
CLE, chief-level executive; DDW, director of data warehouse; PROMs, patient-reported outcome measures.