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Table 4 Research production

From: What supports do health system organizations have in place to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making? a qualitative study

Supports to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making

 

Number of interview participants (n)2

Total (n = 57)

Organization

Province

Occupation

PCP (n = 9)

Hospital (n = 32)

RHA (n = 16)

Ontario (n = 29)

Quebec (n = 28)

Senior management (n = 33)

Knowledge broker (n = 11)

Library manager (n = 13)

Participate in the production of primary research, reviews and research-derived products

37

8

23

6

17

20

19

6

12

Partner as decision-makers on research or provide matching funding for priority projects1

37

8

21

8

21

16

25

8

4

Participate in regular priority-setting processes to ensure research meets needs of decision-makers

25

1

17

7

15

10

18

4

3

Ensure research commissioning capacity exists to commission or execute high priority research

25

6

15

4

13

12

18

4

3

  1. 1Three sub-elements that were mentioned were: establishing a research institute on site (n = 19), funding projects through partnerships (n = 16), and making available institutional funds for research (n = 14).
  2. 2Table legend. Percentage of total number of participants (font style used): 100% of participants (bold); 67% to 99% of participants (bold and italic); 33% to 66% of participants (regular i.e. not bold and not italic); 1% to 32% of participants (italic); 0% of participants (regular and underlined).