Operational definitions for stakeholder analysis for policy engagement
| Theme | Terms used | Operational definition |
| Influence, importance and agreement analysis of stakeholders | Level of influence | Stakeholders’ influence will be determined according to each stakeholder group’s perception and views on who is important in terms of urban healthcare delivery |
| Level of agreement | Stakeholders’ agreement will be determined according to how much each stakeholder agreed | |
| Level of importance | The stakeholders’ importance will be determined according to how important each stakeholder group is to the other groups | |
| Power and leadership | Overall power | Power of a stakeholder group will be assessed as compared with all other groups in Bangladeshi urban healthcare delivery system. Power of stakeholders will be measured as the product of multiplication of influence and importance. |
| Relative position | Relative position of each stakeholder group will be assessed by comparing one group’s position to other groups in broader scenario | |
| Relative positions of stakeholders | Drivers | Stakeholders who have high level of importance as well as high level of influence on public sector healthcare delivery system |
| Supporters | Stakeholders who have high level of importance but low level of influence on urban healthcare delivery system | |
| Bystanders | Stakeholders who have low level of importance and low level of influence on urban healthcare delivery system | |
| Abstainers | Stakeholders who have no influence and no importance on urban healthcare delivery system | |
| Blockers | Stakeholders who have low level of importance but high level of influence on urban healthcare care delivery system. |