Barriers, facilitators and views about next steps to implementing supports for evidence-informed decision-making in health systems: a qualitative study

Table 2 Barriers and facilitators to implementing supports for EIDM

	Number of interview participants (n)^a
	Total (n = 57)	Organization^b			Province		Occupation
	Total (n = 57)	PCP (n = 9)	Hospital (n = 32)	RHA (n = 16)	Ontario (n = 29)	Quebec (n = 28)	Senior manager (n = 33)	Knowledge broker (n=11)	Library manager (n = 13)
Barriers	50	8	29	13	24	26	28	10	12
-Limited resources^c	34	6	19	9	16	18	19	8	7
-Time constraints	23	6	11	6	16	7	12	4	7
-Negative attitude toward change	14	3	8	3	7	7	7	4	3
Facilitators	30	4	18	8	17	13	18	8	4
-Genuine interest from health system decision-makers	23	3	15	5	16	7	14	7	2

^aPercentage of total number of participants (font style used): 0% of participants (bold); 1% to 32% of participants (italic); 33% to 66% of participants (regular i.e. not bold and not italic); 67% to 99% of participants (bold and italic); 100% of participants (regular and underlined).
^b PCP primary care practice, RHA regional health authority.
^cThe main two sub-elements that were mentioned within the category of ‘limited resources’ were: money (n = 19) and staff (n = 14).

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