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

^*p < 0.05