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

Table 3 Knowledge production and expected benefits to health and health sector

Category	Domain (number of projects)
Category	Governance (n = 3)	HE (n = 6)	HRH (n = 13)	IT (n = 3)	SD (n = 25)	Total (N = 50)
Knowledge production
Publication	0	1	2	0	5	8
Report	2	1	7	3	20	33
Research highlight^a	1	0	7	0	14	22
Presentation	16	9	41	9	73	148
Benefits to health and health sector^b
Appropriateness of intervention	0	0	0	2	7	9
Quality of care	1	0	13	1	21	36
Health system delivery	2	0	0	1	14	17
Epidemiology	0	0	0	0	3	3
Cost and cost-effectiveness	0	6	0	0	2	8
Improved effectiveness of public health policy	1	0	0	1	1	3

^aResearch highlight: A 4-page summary of research evidence (key messages or research results), using plain language that aims to communicate with stakeholders and/or public
^bBenefits that could or were expected to result in improved service delivery, cost savings, improved health, or increased equity. Each project could report one or more expected benefits

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