Appendix Table 4.

m-Health Policy Readiness and Country Characteristics for the “Late Adopters” 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	Afghanistan	13	1.62	1,940	12	Yes	SA	LM
2	Albania	8	4.62	11,310	9.37	No	ECA	UM
3	Australia	12	8.18	45,320	17.31	Yes	EAP	H	OECD
4	Austria	10	7.53	49,160	16.27	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
5	Azerbaijan	8	6.23	17,170	3.88	No	ECA	UM
6	Belarus	3	7.02	16,920	13.79	Yes	ECA	UM
7	Bhutan	9	3.12	7,630	8.03	No	SA	LM
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	5.03	10,900	14.11	Yes	ECA	UM
9	Burkina Faso	9	1.60	1,660	11.16	No	SSA	L
10	Central African Republic	2	1.00	620	14.17	No	SSA	L
11	Chile	14	6.11	22,760	15.88	Yes	LAC	H	OECD
12	Comoros	0	1.70	1,490	8.66	No	SSA	L
13	Croatia	12	6.83	22,380	13.99	Yes	ECA	H
14	Cyprus	0	6.28	31,660	7.58	Yes	ECA	H
15	El Salvador	11	3.64	8,240	16.69	Yes	LAC	LM
16	Equatorial Guinea	0	1.82	27,200	6.96	No	SSA	UM
17	Gambia	7	2.40	1,580*	15.31	Yes	SSA	L
18	Greece	14	6.86	26,530	9.98	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
19	Guinea-Bissau	0	1.34	1,450	7.79	No	SSA	L
20	Honduras	8	3.00	4,750	15.4	Yes	LAC	LM
21	Ireland	6	7.73	54,610	13.44	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
22	Kiribati	0	2.07	4,230	5.81	Yes	EAP	LM
23	Kyrgyz Republic	0	3.85	3,310	11.92	Yes	ECA	LM
24	Lao PDR	5	2.21	5,400	3.44	No	EAP	LM
25	Lesotho	0	2.47	3,290	13.08	Yes	SSA	LM
26	Maldives	0	4.68	11,480	26.59	Yes	SA	UM
27	Mauritania	13	1.90	3,710*	6.01	Yes	SSA	LM
28	Mexico	14	4.45	16,860	11.58	Yes	LAC	UM	OECD
29	Mongolia	12	4.54	11,220	6.72	Yes	EAP	LM
30	Montenegro	7	5.76	16,460	9.84	Yes	ECA	UM
31	Norway	0	8.35	65,430	18.21	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
32	Poland	9	6.56	25,930	10.7	Yes	ECA	H	OECD
33	Qatar	14	6.78	138,480	5.83	Yes	MENA	H
34	Romania	0	5.92	21,610	12.84	No	ECA	UM
35	Serbia	0	6.43	13,420	13.86	No	ECA	UM
36	Seychelles	9	4.77	25,670	9.7	No	SSA	H
37	Tunisia	0	4.49	11,100	14.16	No	MENA	LM
38	Vietnam	14	4.02	5,720	14.22	Yes	EAP	LM
39	Zambia	2	2.05	3,640	11.31	Yes	SSA	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).