Table 1.

Characteristics of survey participants

	Survey participants, n (%)
Total (completed entire survey)	84 (75.0)
No healthcare professional training or experience working as a healthcare professional	13 (15.5)
Healthcare professional training or experience working as healthcare professional	71 (84.5)
Physician	61 (85.9)
Nurse	1 (1.4)
Other	8 (11.3)
Missing	1 (1.4)
Years of experience as healthcare professional
1 – 10 years	22 (31.0)
11 – 20 years	18 (25.4)
21 – 30 years	14 (19.7)
31 – 40 years	14 (19.7)
40+ years	3 (4.2)
Research training or experience working as a researcher	66 (78.6)
MSc or equivalent	24 (36.4)
PhD or equivalent	40 (60.6)
Other	2 (3.0)
Years of experience as a researcher
1 – 10 years	30 (45.5)
11 – 20 years	20 (30.3)
21 – 30 years	12 (18.2)
31 – 40 years	3 (4.5)
40+ years	1 (1.5)
Levels of current and previous work*
International governmental organization	15 (17.9)
National government	53 (63.1)
Regional government	26 (31.0)
Local government	18 (21.4)
Public organization	41 (48.8)
Private organization	16 (19.1)
Other	19 (22.6)
Types of health system decisions supported
Experience representing the views of stakeholders in policy or management processes	46 (54.8)
Decisions about healthcare policies, reforms or programmes	65 (77.4)
Decisions about implementation of healthcare policies, reforms or programmes	66 (78.6)
Management decisions about health system arrangements	44 (52.4)
Decisions about quality improvement, patient safety or implementation of clinical guidelines	56 (66.7)
Other	5 (6.0)

^*These categories were not mutually exclusive and hence the sum is greater than 100%.