Table 5.

Factors that influence health policy-making in Israel

	Researchers	Policy-makers	χ2 test for independence
	Percentage agree or strongly agree		χ2(1)
Broad challenges in intergovernmental (i.e. Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance) relations hindered the health policy-making process	76	91	2.669
Broad challenges in government/provider relations hindered the health policy-making process	69	59	0.752
Policy formulation is usually based on internal Ministry of Health discussions and ad hoc process rather than evidence-based processes	62	34	5.301*

^*p < 0.05