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Table 2 Respondents interviewed for stakeholder analysis

From: Stakeholder perspectives on proposed policies to improve distribution and retention of doctors in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh, India

 

Interviews

Focus groups

1. Department of Medical Education (current and former officials)

IDI3, IDI4

 

2. Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare (current and former officials)

IDI9, IDI12

 

2a. Frontline medical officers

 

FGD1 (Frontline medical officers, n = 6)

2b. Frontline administrators

IDI16

FGD3 (District-level administrators, n = 3)

3. Training institutes

IDI7

 

4. Health worker associations (doctors, nurses, traditional medicine doctors, etc.)

IDI6 (Doctors’ association), IDI8 (Doctors’ association), IDI13 (Traditional medicine providers’ association) IDI14 (Rural providers’ association)

FGD2 (Members of state nurses association, n = 13)

5. Private sector hospital association

IDI5

 

6. Civil society organizations

IDI11

 

7. Regulatory agencies

IDI2

 

8. National level agencies

IDI10, IDI17

 

9. Health policy and systems experts

IDI1, IDI15

 

Total

17

3

  1. * Certain respondents held multiple positions within the government, but are categorized under their primary designation