Table 3.

Characteristics of publications included in this scoping review

				n	%
Total number of publications identified				36	100%
Category	Category 1: Empirical research study			23	64%
	Category 2: Published reports			10	28%
	Category 3: Published recommendations of methodology			3	8%
Source	No country source (no data material)			3	8%
	Single country source (EU member states)			9	25%
	Single country source (non-EU member states)			13	36%
	Multinational sources			11	31%
	Of which	Covering 2–10 countries		6	55%
		Covering >10 countries		5	45%
Scope	National scope			30	83%
	Regional scope			4	11%
	Other			2	6%
Data collection methodology	Survey			31	86%
	Business process data			3	8%
	Other methods or no data gathering			6	17%
One-time or repeated	Continuous/repeated			15	42%
	Non-continuous/one-off activities			17	47%
	Other or no data gathering			4	11%
Primary purpose	Measuring eHealth/ICT availability and use			32	89%
	Of which focused on		Availability only	12	37.5%
			Use only	8	25%
			Availability and use	12	37.5%
	Evaluation			3	8%
	Other			1	3%
eHealth Domaina	Provider-centric electronic records			31	86%
	Patient-centric electronic records			16	44%
	Health information exchange			19	53%

^aEach publication can cover more than one OECD domain. Published recommendations of methodology are noted as well.