Table 2.
Source and investment amount of telemedicine implementation in tertiary hospitals in different regions of China (N=161).
| Funds | Total, N=161, n (%) | Eastern region, n=59, n (%) | Central region, n=54, n (%) | Western region, n=48, n (%) | ||||
| Sources of funds | ||||||||
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Government finance | 47 (29.2) | 12 (20) | 18 (33) | 17 (35) | |||
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Hospital self-raising | 134 (83.2) | 51 (86) | 44 (82) | 39 (81) | |||
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Research funding | 13 (8.1) | 7 (12) | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | |||
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Corporate sponsorship | 14 (8.7) | 7 (12) | 5 (9) | 2 (4) | |||
| Investment amount (RMB)a | ||||||||
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<100,000 | 59 (36.7) | 21 (36) | 21 (39) | 17 (35) | |||
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100,000-500,000 | 45 (28.0) | 17 (29) | 17 (32) | 11 (23) | |||
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500,000-1 million | 26 (16.2) | 10 (17) | 6 (11) | 10 (21) | |||
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1-5 million | 21 (13.0) | 6 (10) | 7 (13) | 8 (17) | |||
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>5 million | 10 (6.2) | 5 (9) | 3 (6) | 2 (4) | |||
a1 RMB=US $0.14.