Table 1

Type of interviews planned according to stakeholder category

Stakeholder categoryIndividual interviews (total number of interviews in each HSSC)Group discussions (number of groups of 6–10 participants in each HSSC)
Decision-makers and managers▸ Director-general Agency (1)
▸ Director-general HSSC (4)
▸ Programme directors CM (4)
▸ Programme managers CM (4)
▸ Programme coordinators with links to CM programmes (4)
Case managers▸ Practitioners playing an important role in CM (12)
Medical teams▸ Directors of professional services (4)
▸ Presidents of the physicians, dentists and pharmacists council (4)
▸ Executive members of the physicians, dentists and pharmacists council (4)
▸ Territorial tables on primary care medicine (4)
▸ Territorial tables on specialised medicine (4)
Professional teams (nurses, social workers, others)▸ In close contact with frequent users in HSSC (4)
▸ In close contact with frequent users in the community (primary care) (4)
Pharmacists and community organisations▸ Community pharmacists (4)
▸ Community organisations (4)
Patients and family caregivers▸ In years 2 and 3: frequent users having experienced the most and the least improvement in quality of life (32)▸ Frequent users of services (4)
▸ Family caregivers (4)
  • CM, case management; HSSC, health and social services centre.