Table 1.
Main categorization dimensions for the projects of Section 3.1. Data about one country consider all the telemedicine projects active in that country – if more than one exist. The economic efforts (% of GDP and % of population) refer to the global expenditure/coverage for all the health services in that country. “N/A” stands for “not avail-able/not applicable”.
| Dimension | Subdimension | China | India | SSA | Egypt | Pacific Isl. | Amazonia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goal | remote diagnosis | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| remote monitoring | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| remote intervention | N | N | N | N | N | N | |
| remote education | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| Country | [E]merging or [D]eveloping | E | E | D | D | D | D |
| Economiceffort | % of GDP | N/A | 4.9 | 1.0 | N/A | 5.0 | N/A |
| % of population (coverage) | 70 | 70 | N/A | N/A | 50 | low | |
| Location | [U]rban or [R]ural | R | R | R | U | R | R |
| Infrastructure | general | good | mid | poor | good | poor | poor |
| technology | good | mid | poor | mid | poor | poor | |
| Organization | physicians | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| nurses | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | |
| other resources | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Maturity | - | good | mid | N/A | good | mid | low |
| Success rate | - | good | good | N/A | good | mid | mid |
| Effectiveness | - | high | mid | N/A | high | mid | mid |
| Innovation | - | mid | low | low | low | low | low |
| Hardware | power consumption | high | mid | mid | high | low | low |
| number of workstations | high | low | low | high | low | low | |
| number of hospitals | high | high | low | high | low | low | |
| Com.requirement | bandwidth | high | high | mid | high | low | low |
| [T]ext / [S]ound/ [I]mage / [V]ideo | TSIV | TSIV | TI | TSI | T | T | |
| multipoint | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | |
| Software | local server/LAN | LAN | LAN | No | LAN | none | none |
| [O]pen or [Proprietary | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | none | none |