Table 3 Funding bodies regarded as most significant in terms of health services research funding
From: Assessing the capacity of the health services research community in Australia and New Zealand
1st choice | 2nd choice | 3rd choice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | |
Competitive funding bodies | 90 | 60.8 | 45 | 30.4 | 29 | 19.6 |
Government departments | 52 | 35.1 | 64 | 43.2 | 26 | 17.6 |
Universities and institutes | 2 | 1.4 | 4 | 2.7 | 5 | 3.4 |
Health foundations | 1 | 0.7 | 6 | 4.1 | 7 | 4.7 |
Local services | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.7 |
Professional bodies | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
Non-government organisations | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 2.7 |
Other | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.4 |
Philanthropic trusts | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.4 |
Drug companies | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.7 |
Private companies | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.7 |
Insurers | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.4 |