Table 1

Stakeholder characteristics: stakeholders n = 20

StakeholderNumberComments
Academia (A)3Sociologists (2), Pharmacoeconomist (1)
Public service (PS)5Politician (1), Medsafe (1), Policy analyst (1), DHB planning (1), Pharmac (1)
Medicine (M)4Oncologist (1), General practice (3)
Pharmacist (Ph)3DHB (2), Community (1)
Pharmaceutical industry (PI)2Manufacturing (1), Representative (1)
Patient Group Representative (PGR)2Long-term conditions (2)
Private Health Care Organisation (PHCO)1Medical doctor (1)
Additional attributes of stakeholders
▸ 3 Medically qualified doctors▸ 1 Health professional of Māori ethnicity
▸ 1 Pharmacist▸ 4 Doctors’ past or current medical group representation
▸ 3 Scientists▸ 3 GPs’ ethnicities: Māori, Indian and Asian; past or currently practising in areas with high numbers of respective ethnicity, including Pacifica
▸ 1 Medical IT
▸ 1 Therapeutic assessor