Table 3.

Knowledge-based health policy: Functions of advising policy decisionmakers.

No.	Functions of advising policy decisionmakers	The “ideal” expert or expert group	Evidence-reviewing and providing institutions
1	Providing evidence-based knowledge	Yes	Yes
2	Providing theory-based knowledge	Yes	No
3	Providing experience-based knowledge	Yes	No
4	Providing context-based knowledge	Yes	Limited
5	Synthesizing and transferring the knowledge stemming from 1–4 to provide context-sensitive policy advice	Yes	No
6	Reflexive thinking	Yes	Limited
7	Timely provision of knowledge	Yes	Limited