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Table 3 Overview of the 31 papers selected for systematic review

From: Migration motives and integration of international human resources of health in the United Kingdom: systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies using framework analysis

Study information

Study Methods

Type of participants

Year of publications

Data collection methods n = studies

Professional groups n = studies

1 January 2000 to 31 January 2017

Interviews n = 24

Questionnaire surveys n = 8

Focus groups n = 6

Field Observations n = 3

Internationally trained nurses (Nurses) n = 19

International medical graduates (Doctors) n = 8

International dental graduates (Dentists) n = 1

International nurses and doctors n = 3

Country

Methodological approach

Total sample size n = participants

UK n = 27

UK + EU countries n = 1

UK + EU + International n = 2

UK + International (non EU) n = 1

Explorative qualitative n = 7

Phenomenology n = 6

Mixed method n = 5

Interpretive phenomenology approach n = 4

Case study n = 3

Grounded theory n = 2

Ethnography n = 1

Not clear n = 3

Nurses n = 2 202

Doctors n = 517

Dentists n = 5

Settings

Sampling

Country of primary qualification represented

NHS hospitals n = 17

Nursing/care homes n = 4

Training programmes n = 3

Mixed setting n = 3

Primary care n = 2

Adaptation/induction programmes n = 2

Purposive/theoretical n = 16

Random n = 8

Snowballing n = 4

Convenience n = 2

Not clear n = 1

Outside EU: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Caribbean islands, China, Cuba, Egypt, Germany, Ghana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Mauritius, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, USA, Zimbabwe

EU: Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Netherlands