Semi-structured interviews
Cancer
CANCER
We constructed a guide for the semi-structured interviews allowing for discussion with the interviewee. The guide consisted of five Sects. 1) interviewees characteristics, 2) organizational aspects, 3) clinical aspects, 4) economic aspects, 5) and patient-related aspects. Additionally, in-depth questions in the area of expertise of the interviewee(s) were prepared to stimulate discussion and understanding. A Dutch and English version of the interview guide can be found in The questions were prepared by means of literature, research team meetings, and information from sounding board meetings with stakeholders of the SUBITO trial as part of the CED program. The final question set was developed after feedback from two HTA experts (VR, WVH), a lay-person, and we pilot tested the question set on VdJ. All interviews lasted one hour at most and were conducted individually, except for four interviews with healthcare professionals, which were held in small groups (two or three per interview) to accommodate efficiency in time and schedules. Two researchers (JV & VdJ or VR) conducted the interviews, except for three interviews that were conducted by one researcher (JV).All interviewees agreed to anonymized audio-recording and transcription. This study received ethics approval by means of the protocol of the SUBITO trial (NCT02810743), the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Netherlands, Amsterdam.