Advance Care Planning in Hospice Organizations: 51 Interview Transcripts from 2016

Four non-profit US hospice organizations participated in a qualitative study between April and September 2016. The dataset includes transcripts from 51 semi-structured interviews with hospice staff, conducted by a PhD researcher, focusing on their perceptions and practices regarding Advance Care Planning. Member checking was used to validate findings, and 33 additional documents are available only upon request.

Use Cases

• Analyze clinician attitudes toward Advance Care Planning based on interview transcripts.
• Study the evolution of hospice care documentation practices over time based on professional opinions described.
• Model qualitative research processes for triangulating findings using multiple data types like interviews and documents.
• Investigate organizational context and processes for eliciting patient preferences in hospice settings.

Strengths

• 51 interview transcripts provide a substantial qualitative corpus.
• Data collection followed a structured protocol with member checking for validation.
• Study involved four geographically-distinct sites with a 0% site refusal rate.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• 33 supporting documents (brochures, training materials) are not publicly shared.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Krista Harrison via QDR Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted during site visits, transcribed professionally.

Time Range

April to September 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-20 20:00:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Four geographically-distinct non-profit US hospice organizations.