Table 5.

Importance of influencing factors in decision making on e-health by participants

Factors	Consultant, %	Physician, %	Nurse, %	Information professional, %	Manager, %	Other (MoH), %
Focus on core function	≥75	60–74	<60	≥75	<60	60–74
Access to world class capabilities	60–74	≥75	<60	60–74	<60	≥75
Freeing resources for core activities	≥75	<60	<60	60–74	60–74	≥75
Accelerate reengineering benefits	≥75	60–74	≥75	60–74	<60	≥75
Improve flexibility versus change	≥75	60–74	60–74	<60	≥75	≥75
Risk sharing	60–74	<60	<60	60–74	≥75	≥75
Regulations governing	≥75	≥75	≥75	60–74	≥75	60–74
Improve service quality	60–74	≥75	≥75	60–74	60–74	≥75
Procure higher reliability and competency	≥75	60–74	<60	≥75	60–74	≥75
Ease of use	≥75	≥75	≥75	≥75		≥75
Privacy and security concerns	≥75	60–74	<60		≥75	≥75
Save the management time	60–74	≥75	<60	60–74	≥75	60–74
Reduce the management load	≥75	≥75	<60	60–74	≥75	60–74
Increase the speed of implementation	≥75	60–74	≥75	60–74	≥75	≥75
Improve safety management	60–74	60–74	≥75	≥75	60–74	≥75
Improve accountability	≥75	60–74	<60	≥75	≥75	≥75
Need specialized management	≥75	≥75	<60	≥75	≥75	60–74
Function difficult to manage	<60	60–74	≥75	<60	≥75	60–74
Achieve flexibility with changing technology	60–74	≥75	≥75	<60	≥75	60–74
Achieve innovative ideas	≥75	60–74	<60	60–74	≥75	≥75
Acquire new skills or technical knowledge	≥75	≥75	≥75	60–74	≥75	≥75
Complexity of function	60–74	<60	≥75	<60	<60	60–74
Function integration and structure	≥75	60–74	<60	60–74	<60	≥75
Function difficult to control	<60	60–74	60–74	<60	≥75	≥75
Save the overall cost	≥75	≥75	<60	≥75	60–74	≥75
Reduce the labour and operating cost	≥75	<60	≥75	≥75	60–74	≥75
Make the fixed costs into variable costs	60–74	60–74	≥75	≥75	<60	<60
Improve the cash flow	60–74	60–74	<60	60–74	60–74	60–74
Cash infusion	≥75	60–74	<60	60–74	60–74	≥75
Reduce capital costs	≥75	60–74	<60	60–74	60–74	≥75
Increase the economic efficiency	≥75	<60	<60	60–74	≥75	≥75
Age	≥75	≥75	≥75	60–74	60–74	60–74
Gender	≥75	≥75	<60	60–74	60–74	60–74
Education	≥75	<60	≥75	60–74	60–74	60–74
Income	≥75	<60	60–74	60–74	<60	60–74
MMR	≥75	≥75	60–74	60–74	60–74	60–74
Ethnicity	<60	≥75	60–74	60–74	≥75	<60
Place of residence: urban/rural	≥75	60–74	<60	60–74	<60	60–74
Prevalence of chronic diseases	≥75	≥75	≥75	<60	<60	≥75
Disability indicators	60–74	<60	<60	<60	≥75	≥75
Nutritional indicators	≥75	≥75	≥75	60–74	60–74	≥75
Acceptance of technology	≥75	60–74	≥75	<60	60–74	≥75
Awareness of e-health	≥75	≥75	≥75	60–74	60–74	≥75
Religion and social norms	≥75	60–74	≥75	60–74	<60	<60