Table 2. Barriers to practice of telemedicine in first-world and third-world countries as perceived by the doctors.

Barriers faced in practice of telemedicine according to the doctors	First world countries	Third world countries
Physician licensing	58.9%	40.6%
Insufficient profits and reimbursements	21.4%	78.6%
Poverty/Lack of education	9.4%	90.6%
Lack of internet connections	10.3%	89.7%