How is the use of research evidence in health policy perceived? A comparison between the reporting of researchers and policy-makers

Table 1 The role of health policy and systems research (HPSR) and the factors that influence its use by health policy-makers and stakeholders in Israel

	Researchers	Policy-makers	χ² test for independence
	Percentage agree or strongly agree		χ²(1)
Use of evidence from HPSR in policy was hindered by practical constraints to implementation such as financial implications	68	91	5.208^*
Evidence from HPSR does help raise health policy-makers and stakeholders’ awareness on policy issues	65	49	0.199
Lack of coordination between policy-makers and researchers hindered the use of evidence from HPSR in the health policy-making process	59	32	4.605^*
Evidence from HPSR does help health policy-makers and stakeholders to identify and/or choose policy alternatives	54	63	0.464
Use of evidence from HPSR in policy was hindered by a non-receptive policy environment	47	34	1.097
Use of evidence from HPSR in policy was hindered by findings that were politically sensitive or were inconsistent with a policy direction	47	52	0.135
Evidence from HPSR was presented to policy-makers and stakeholders in a timely manner and in a format that they can understand	34	25	0.560

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