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Table 2 Contextual factors

From: Engaging policy-makers, health system managers, and policy analysts in the knowledge synthesis process: a scoping review

Contextual factors (n = 84)

 

Count (%)

Settings

European Union Healthcare Systems

1 (1.2%)

Community Health

2 (2.4%)

National Public Health

2 (2.4%)

Local hospital

2 (2.4%)

Global health

3 (3.6%)

Health network

4 (4.8%)

Provincial/state healthcare system

4 (4.8%)

Various policy settings

5 (6.0%)

Local healthcare system

5 (6.0%)

Applied research setting

16 (19.0%)

National healthcare system

40 (47.6%)

Focus of knowledge synthesis

Health economics

1 (1.2%)

Research reporting guideline

1 (1.2%)

Health informatics

1 (1.2%)

Emergency preparedness and management

1 (1.2%)

Community engagement

1 (1.2%)

Clinical practice guidelines

3 (3.6%)

Medical intervention

3 (3.6%)

Environmental/social determinants of health

3 (3.6%)

Quality indicators

3 (3.6%)

Health policy

4 (4.8%)

Decision-aid tool

4 (4.8%)

Research priority setting

5 (6.0%)

Health human resources

8 (9.5%)

Stakeholder engagement strategy in research

9 (10.7%)

Public health

10 (11.9%)

Knowledge translation

13 (15.5%)

Health services delivery

14 (16.7%)

Country economy

High-income country

72 (85.7%)

Low- and middle-income country

10 (11.9%)

Middle and high income

1 (1.2%)

Low, middle, and high income

1 (1.2%)