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Hospital and Specialty Sales
Complete this survey and you will receive a slide presentation of findings upon completion of the study.

We understand that you may only have knowledge about one of these two sales force types (either specialty or hospital). If this is the case, please address those questions for which you have knowledge - leave the other set of questions blank.

If you have any questions while completing this survey, please call David Richardson at 919-433-0216.



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Background Information
For each of these questions, please provide information for groups with which you are familiar.

Specialty and Hospital Sales Force Staffing

  Past Staffing Adjustments
Q1a In the last 12 to 24 months, has your company expanded or contracted specialty sales forces' headcounts?
  By how much? (in terms of percentage)
Q1b In the last 12 to 24 months, has your company expanded or contracted hospital sales forces' headcounts?
  By how much? (in terms of percentage)

  Future Staffing Adjustments
Q2a Over the next 12 to 24 months, to what degree does your company plan to expand or contract specialty sales forces' headcounts?
  By how much? (in terms of percentage)
Q2b Over the next 12 to 24 months, to what degree does your company plan to expand or contract hospital sales forces' headcounts?
  By how much? (in terms of percentage)

  Realignment
Q3 Over the last 24 months, has your specialty sales force undergone a major realignment outside of increasing or decreasing specialty sales force headcounts?
 
Q4 Over the last 24 months, has your hospital sales force undergone a major realignment outside of increasing or decreasing specialty sales force headcounts?
 

  Staffing Ratios: Sales Reps to District Managers
Q5 What is your company's average rep-to-district manager ratio within your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group
Q6 12 to 24 months ago, what was your company's average rep-to-district manager ratio in your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group
Q7 What is your company's ideal rep-to-district manager ratio in your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group

  Staffing Ratios: District Managers to Regional Managers
Q8 What is your company's average district manager-to-regional manager ratio within your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group
Q9 12 to 24 months ago, what was your company's average district manager-to-regional manager ratio in your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group
Q10 What is your company's ideal district manager-to-regional manager ratio in your specialty and hospital sales divisions?
  Specialty Sales Group
  Hospital Sales Group
Specialty and Hospital Sales Force Staffing
Q11For the country in which you operate, what is your company's total annual investment in these sales forces' operations?
 Total investment in specialty sales forces
 Total investment in hospital sales forces
Q12Approximately how many total sales reps do the above investments cover?
 Specialty reps covered
 Hospital reps covered
Q13Based on the figures provided in Q11, what percentage of the overall sales budgets is invested annually in each of the following categories.  If some of the items do not fall under sales teams' budgets, please answer 0%.  The total for each category, if answered, should equal 100%.
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 (cars, other personal transportation, travel to meetings/conferences/, etc) 
 
 (laptops, wireless database access, e-detailing, PDAs, etc)  
 
 (sales force allocation only -- not marketing/brand team) 
 
 (sales force allocation only -- not marketing/brand team)  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
Q14 What is your best estimate of your company's cost per detail, including samples?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Q15 What is your best estimate of your company's cost per detail, excluding samples?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Q16 What is your best estimate of your company's annual cost per sales rep (including all the activities from question 13)?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Field Activities
Q17 Please provide the average percentage of time that your typical hospital sales reps spend on the following activities (percentages should add up to 100%):
 

  Detailing physician targets: face to Face
  Detailing physician targets: eDetailing
  Detailing Medical Directors
  Detailing hospital pharmacists
  Detailing nurses
  Working with hospital administration on formulary access
  Working on contracting
  Waiting on doctors in waiting rooms
  Traveling between appointments
  Conducting sponsored sales events outside of doctors' offices
  Training
  Planning/Strategizing/Routing
  In meetings (with managers, partner reps)
  Samples management
  Other administrative tasks (entering notes, writing emails, etc.)
  Other
  Other

  Total
 
 
Q18 Please provide the average percentage of their time that your typical specialty sales reps spend on the following activities (percentages should add up to 100%):
 

  Detailing Physician Targets: Face to Face
  Detailing Physician Targets: eDetailing
  Detailing nurses
  Waiting on doctors in waiting rooms
  Traveling between appointments
  Conducting sponsored sales events outside of doctors' offices
  Training
  Planning/Strategizing/Routing
  In meetings (with managers, partner reps)
  Samples management
  Other administrative tasks (entering notes, writing emails, etc.)
  Other
  Other

  Total
 
 
Q19On average, how many different reps call on an individual doctor at each prescriber level:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
Q2012 to 24 months ago, how many different reps call on an individual doctor at each prescriber level:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
Q21 On average, how many targets does a rep visit each day?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Q22 On average, during what percentage of visits do your reps actually get to detail targets face-to-face?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Q23 What is the average amount of time that your reps get with their targets, in minutes?
  Specialty sales division
  Hospital sales division
Q24 Over the last 12 to 24 months, how has the number of daily visits attempted changed?
  Specialty Sales
  Hospital Sales
Q25In a given month, how often does an average rep call on these prescriber levels?
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 

 Please think of the sales division or divisions that best represent your company.  Please answer the questions below regarding this representative group.

Q26On average, how many products is a typical sales rep responsible for?
 Specialty care sales
 Hospital care sales
Q2712 to 24 months ago, on average, how many products was a typical sales rep responsible for?
 Specialty care sales
 Hospital care sales
Compensation
Q28Please indicate the total annual compensation levels for the following sales rep levels:
 Newly Hired Rep:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Average Rep:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 High Performing Rep:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
Q29Please indicate the total annual compensation levels for the following district manager levels:
 Newly Hired District Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Average District Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 High Performing District Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
Q30Please indicate the total annual compensation levels for the following regional manager levels:
 Newly Hired Regional Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Average Regional Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
 High Performing Regional Manager:
   
   
  
 
  
 
  
 
Training Investment
Q31 What is the training cost for a new sales rep in the first year?
  Specialty rep:
  Hospital rep:
Q32 How much is spent training a veteran sales rep annually?
  Specialty rep:
  Hospital rep:
Q33 About how many hours of training does a newly hired rep receive in the first year on the job?
  Specialty rep:
  Hospital
eDetailing
Q34 What is your company's annual investment in eDetailing activities?
Q35 What percentage of this budget is for specialty/hospital sales forces?
  Primary Care:
  Specialty:
  Hospital:

  Total:
Q36 Approximately how many sales reps does this investment cover?
Q37 What percentage of this budget is outsourced for specialty/hospital sales forces?
  In-house:
  Outsourced:
Q38 Of the total budget for eDetailing, what percentage is allocated to each type of eDetailing?
  One-on-one live eDetails (Doctors are guided through a presentation on a computer via online or telephone-based interaction with a sales rep)  
  Group live eDetails (Many doctors attend a single online presentation)
  Self-Guided eDetails (Doctors guide themselves through prepared presentations on websites or on preloaded CDs)
  Other

  Total
 
Q39 Of the total number of eDetails delivered by your company annually, what percentage of the eDetails are:
  One-on-one live eDetails (Doctors are guided through a presentation on a computer via online or telephone-based interaction with a sales rep)  
  Group live eDetails (Many doctors attend a single online presentation)
  Self-Guided eDetails (Doctors guide themselves through prepared presentations on websites or on preloaded CDs)
  Other

  Total
 
Q40 Of the self-guided eDetails done annually, what percentages are:
  Delivered via preloaded CDs
  Delivered via company-run websites
 
  Delivered via vendor-run websites
 
  Delivered via other means
 
Q41
  Specialty:
  Hospital:
Q42 Individually rank the impact of each kind of eDetailing approach on prescribing behavior on a scale from 1 to 10 (with 10 being Extremely Effective and 1 being Not at all Effective):
  (Doctors are guided through a presentation on a computer via online or telephone-based interaction with a sales rep)  
  (Many doctors attend a single online presentation)
  (Doctors guide themselves through prepared presentations on websites or on preloaded CDs)
 
 
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Q45
Q46 When are eDetailing campaigns most effective? (Choose one)
Q47 Which levels of prescribers do you target with eDetailing? (Check all that apply)
 
Challenges
Q48
 
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