Social Welfare Policies and Services II: SSW 5006

Stakeholders may be grouped in different ways, depending on the issue.  For example, they could be grouped into stakeholders starting with the letter "p':

1. persons and the public (e.g., patients, their caregivers, families, and patient and consumer advocacy organizations)
2. providers (individuals/organizations that provide care, e.g., nurses, physicians, pharmacists, mental health counselors, community-based workers),
3. payers (pays for or reimburses for health-related interventions, e.g., insurers, individuals with deductibles, others responsible for reimbursement for health-related interventions),
4. purchasers (e.g., employers, self-insured, governments, and other entities responsible for underwriting the cost of care),
5. policymakers (policymaking entities such as governments and professional associations),
6. product makers (e.g., drug/device manufacturers),
7. principal investigators (e.g., researchers), and
8. the press (e.g., publishers, news media).
   Source: Protocol for the development of guidance for stakeholder engagement in health and healthcare guideline development and implementation. DOI: 10.1186/s13643-020-1272-5