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14 <strong>Pay</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> KCE Reports 118<br />

For French-speaking stakeholders:<br />

• Geneviève Bruwier (ULg)<br />

• Michel Roland (ULB)<br />

• Pierre Gillet (ULg)<br />

• Marc Vanmeerbeek (ULg)<br />

For the Dutch-speaking stakeholders<br />

• Jan Heyrman (KUL)<br />

• Lieven Annemans (VUB, UGent)<br />

• Walter Sermeus (KUL)<br />

• Roy Remmen (UAntwerpen)<br />

Based on the aggregated scores given by the scorers a ranking was made <strong>for</strong> every<br />

respective category of stakeholders. A total and maximum number of about 40<br />

stakeholders were finally selected, representing a balance between Dutch and French<br />

speaking persons. The selection was made in close cooperation with the KCE.<br />

2.1.6.2 Design of the questionnaire<br />

A questionnaire was developed in parallel with the selection of the stakeholders. This<br />

questionnaire:<br />

• Was based on state of the art literature with regard to pay <strong>for</strong> quality.<br />

• Included open-ended questions<br />

• Was reviewed by experts from the USA, the UK, The Netherlands and<br />

France.<br />

The questionnaire (appendix 14) was developed following the usual approach of<br />

qualitative methodology. It started with an explanation <strong>for</strong> agreement on basic<br />

terminology about pay <strong>for</strong> quality concepts. It comprised introductory questions to<br />

facilitate the communication and allow the free expression of personal opinions; more<br />

narrow questions to cover the whole topic; closing questions so that the interviewee<br />

can develop some previous answers or some new ideas about the topic. Questions<br />

were open-ended to allow the stakeholder’s free expression. A list of detailed questions<br />

was provided one week on be<strong>for</strong>ehand.<br />

We proposed each interviewee to imagine a P4Q programme being developed in<br />

Belgium. Without further details, we asked him/her to state his/her opinion on<br />

advantages, disadvantages, pitfalls and expected resistances to such a programme.<br />

Then, we discussed the above more in detail following all elements of the theoretical<br />

framework (see Chapter 3).<br />

Final questions were related to the budget and open to more economic view of the<br />

impact of such a programme. The last question asked about the stakeholder’s<br />

knowledge of other experts in the field or persons having developed such a programme.<br />

This allowed the team to be sure to cover the whole expertise in the domain in Belgium<br />

and eventually abroad. It goes without saying that the interviewee was allowed to<br />

complete or put the emphasis on one point of interest by the usual prompt: “Do you<br />

want to add something, do you think we have <strong>for</strong>gotten one important point?”

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