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Table 2 Sample Questions from Interview Schedule

From: Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit: Is it an adequate public health response to addressing the issue of caregiver burden in end-of-life care?

Participant Group

Interview Question

All three

How did you hear about the CCB? (Probe: place of employment, new media, community resource/health care personnel/facility)

In what ways could the CCB be improved?

Successful applicants

How would you describe your experience of the CCB?

How did your workplace react to you taking the CCB?

Denied applicants

If you met the requirements for the CCB, what was the primary reason that discouraged you from applying?

Non-applicants

What options did you have to choose from? (Probe: take/negotiate an unpaid leave, quit job, change work hours, etc.)