Table 1.

Methodology of the case projects.

Methodology element	The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	Estonia
Research type	Evaluation research	Evaluation research
Research design	Exploratory case study	Exploratory case study
Sampling method	Purposive sampling	Purposive sampling
Data collection method 1	Personal semistructured interviews	Personal semistructured interviews
Data collection method 2	Documentation review	Documentation review
Data analysis method	Qualitative content analysis	Qualitative content analysis
Data coding 1	Data purpose, flow, and sharing	Data purpose, flow, and sharing
Data coding 2	—a	Health Information Sharing Maturity Model
Target application	National Master Plan for Health Data Analytics	Person-Centered Integrated Hospital Master Plan, and Information-Sharing Capability Maturity Assessment
Research question	What are the gaps and critical elements for the national-level improvement of the secondary use of health care data?	What are the gaps and critical elements for the national-level improvement of the secondary use of health care data?

^aNot applicable.