Appendix Table 3.

m-Health Policy Readiness and Country Characteristics for the “Majority” Group

NO.	COUNTRY	M-HEALTH POLICY READINESS SCOREa	IDIb	GNI PER CAPITAc	GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON HEALTHd	E-HEALTH TRAINING OFFEREDe	REGIONf	INCOME CLASSIFICATIONg	OECD
1	Algeria	21	3.74	14,310	9.9	Yes	MENA	UM
2	Armenia	16	5.34	8,770	7.04	No	ECA	LM
3	Bahrain	15	7.42	38,660	10.47	Yes	MENA	H
4	Belgium	24	7.69	45,660	15.1	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
5	Benin	16	1.83	2,050	9.55	No	SSA	L
6	Bulgaria	17	6.43	17,880	10.95	Yes	ECA	UM
7	Burundi	25	1.16	730	13.19	Yes	SSA	L
8	Cambodia	25	2.78	3,300	6.13	Yes	EAP	LM
9	Cote d'Ivoire	22	2.43	3,260	7.35	No	SSA	LM
10	Denmark	21	8.77	49,240	16.77	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
11	Ethiopia	24	1.29	1,620	15.75	Yes	SSA	L
12	Georgia	21	5.33	9,340	5	Yes	ECA	UM
13	Guatemala	15	3.09	7,530	17.83	Yes	LAC	LM
14	Iceland	22	8.66	47,160	15.73	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
15	Iran, Islamic Rep.	18	4.66	17,430*	17.53	Yes	MENA	UM
16	Israel	22	7.25	36,040	11.57	Yes	MENA	H	OECD
17	Jamaica	24	4.20	8,680	8.08	No	LAC	UM
18	Japan	23	8.28	42,310	20.28	Yes	EAP	H	OECD
19	Kenya	15	2.78	3,070	12.8	Yes	SSA	LM
20	Lebanon	16	5.91	13,750	10.72	Yes	MENA	UM
21	Luxembourg	18	8.34	72,080	13.64	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
22	Madagascar	18	1.57	1,410	10.18	Yes	SSA	L
23	Mali	22	2.00	1,970	5.64	Yes	SSA	L
24	Moldova	22	5.60	5,400	13.32	Yes	ECA	LM
25	Morocco	20	4.26	7,690	6.03	Yes	MENA	LM
26	Niger	25	1.03	950	7.57	Yes	SSA	L
27	Panama	16	4.63	20,460	14.63	Yes	LAC	UM
28	Peru	17	4.23	12,060	15	Yes	LAC	UM
29	Philippines	25	3.97	8,940	10.01	Yes	EAP	LM
30	Slovenia	15	7.10	31,180	12.83	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
31	South Africa	25	4.70	12,870	14.23	No	SSA	UM
32	Sudan	21	2.56	3,990	11.65	No	SSA	LM
33	Switzerland	18	8.50	64,100	22.7	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
34	Timor-Leste	17	2.92	4,550	2.44	No	EAP	LM
35	Trinidad and Tobago	23	5.48	32,180	8.17	Yes	LAC	H
36	Ukraine	23	5.21	7,840	10.8	Yes	ECA	LM
37	United States	21	8.06	57,540	21.29	Yes	NA	H	OECD
38	Uruguay	25	6.44	20,400	20.77	Yes	LAC	H
39	Uzbekistan	23	3.76	6,200	10.74	Yes	ECA	LM

^*Data from year 2014.

^am-Health policy readiness score calculated by scoring method presented in Table 1.

^bIDI value for the year 2015.

^c2015 Gross National Income per capita, PPP (current international $).

^dGovernment expenditure on health as percent of total government expenditure for 2014 (latest year available).

^ee-Health education or training offered by any institution or association in a country (reported by national subject experts).

^fRegional classification by World Bank (EAP, ECA, LAC, MENA, NA, SA, and SSA).

^gIncome classification by World Bank based on 2015 GNI per capita (H, L, LM, and UM).