Research funding impact and priority setting – advancing universal access and quality healthcare research in Malaysia

Table 2 Fund awarded for projects by policy impact level

	Impact on informing policy^a (n = 50)
	Research had no policy-maker engagement	Research led to policy-maker engagement and/or future agenda setting	Research supported decision and policy-making
	n (%)
Fund awarded^b
Low	2 (100.0)	11 (36.7)	4 (22.2)
Medium	0	10 (33.3)	8 (44.4)
High	0	9 (30.0)	6 (33.3)
Total	2	30	18
Years from project completion (mean = 0.75, median = 0.5)
0	0	17 (56.7)	8 (44.4)
1	2 (100.0)	9 (30.0)	7 (38.9)
2	0	2 (6.7)	1 (5.6)
3	0	2 (6.7)	2 (11.1)

^aPercentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. Of 67 projects, 17 ongoing projects were excluded
^bLow<RM32,600 (€6936); Moderate = RM32,601–87,000 (€6936-18,510); High>RM87,000 (€18,510), using the exchange rate in April 2017 of €1 = RM4.70 [23]

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