Table 1.

Health Information (HI)-Impact Index Delphi survey characteristics

		Survey 1	Survey 2	Survey 3
Number of responses: total (of which fully completed)		195 (93)	228 (86)	133 (82)
Number of criteria in each survey		85	110	63
Response Rate in %, N = 700		27.9	32.6	19
Country of occupation: % EU/Non-EU		100/0	95.6/4.4	92.5/7.5
Top 10 contributing countries (% contribution, N = 45 countriesa)
1. Italy	8.4%
2. Portugal	8.4%
3. Belgium	6.6%
4. Switzerland	6.6%
5. Germany	6.3%
6. Spain	6.1%
7. UK	5.6%
8. France	4.7%
9. Austria	4.5%
10. Netherlands	2.8%
Self-reported professional activities of survey participantsa
% Doing research, teaching		29	31	29
% Health statistics and quality assurance		19	17	20
% Writing about health issues		14	13	14
% Advocating for change, raising awareness		8	8	7
% Developing health information technology and data services		8	7	7
% Funding grants, health programs and research projects		7	4	6
% Making policies, laws		6	7	5
% Other		6	7	4
% Providing health care		4	6	7
% Financing health care (i.e. insurance)		1	1	1

Note: Delphi panel participants came from 45 countries including all EU-MS as well as other European countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Iceland, Montenegro, Norway, Romania, Switzerland and Serbia; and other countries outside Europe: in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Israel, Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and Turkey. See also map in Supplementary material.

^aParticipants could select more than one category.