The potential for bi-lateral agreements in medical tourism: A qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives from the UK and India

Table 1 Stakeholders that took part in the study

Stakeholder group	Country	Stakeholder Number
Department of Health	UK	1, 2, 3,
Ministry of Health	India	20,21
Healthcare provider	UK	4
Healthcare provider	India	13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28,
Medical tourism facilitator¹	UK	6
Medical tourism facilitator¹	India	27
Think tank	UK	7
Medical tourists and companions	UK	8, 9, 10
NGO	India	11
Academic	India	26
Insurance company	India	29,30
Industry association	UK	5
Industry association	India	12, 15

¹In the category of Medical tourism facilitators we included agencies that either pre-arranged services for the medical tourists (including transport, hospital stay, medical procedures, accompanying person) or provided information services on medical tourism, destinations and providers to potential medical tourists.

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