Participant demographics
| Demographics | Steering committee | World Cafés | Follow-up interviews and feedback sessions | Total unique participants |
| N | ||||
| Participants | 26 | 76 | 218 | 282 |
| Gender | ||||
| Women | 20 | 64 | 170 | 227 |
| Men | 6 | 12 | 48 | 55 |
| Race | ||||
| Aboriginal | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Arab | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Black | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Chinese | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 |
| Filipino | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Japanese | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Korean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latin American | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| South Asian | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Southeast Asian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| West Asian | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| White | 22 | 62 | 172 | 221 |
| Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Discipline | ||||
| Administrative | 1 | 1 | 19 | 21 |
| Allied health | 0 | 12 | 36 | 44 |
| Emergency medical services | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Dietician | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| Occupational therapist/physical therapist | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Pharmacist | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Social worker | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 |
| Spiritual care provider | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Psychologist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nurse | 4 | 16 | 54 | 68 |
| Clinical nurse specialist/nurse practitioner | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| Registered nurse | 0 | 10 | 43 | 49 |
| Patient/family | 1 | 4 | 29 | 34 |
| Family caregiver | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Patient | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Physician | 4 | 15 | 25 | 37 |
| Primary care | 2 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
| Specialist | 2 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| Policy-maker | 13 | 24 | 45 | 68 |
| Director/department head | 8 | 9 | 19 | 26 |
| Programme/operations manager | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Patient care/unit manager | 1 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Senior consultant/executive lead | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 |
| Project team | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 |