Situation of selected mHealth markets worldwide 2012

This survey represents the maturity of mHealth markets in selected countries in 2012, measured by: awareness and openness for mHealth, the regulatory environment, reimbursement and business model, as well as technology and impact. In 2012, South Africa had a score of 6.0 in awareness and openness for mHealth.

Maturity of mHealth markets in selected countries in 2012*

Characteristic	Awareness and openness for mHealth	Regulatory environment, reimbursement and business model	Technology	Impact
South Africa	6	7.5	6.5	6.2
India	7.8	6.4	3.4	8.2
Brazil	6.8	7.4	4.7	6.2
United States	3.8	5.1	7.6	6.5
Spain	5.6	7.5	5.1	4.3
China	7.8	3.6	4.1	6.9
Germany	4.8	6.6	6.6	3.8
United Kingdom	2.6	7.3	6.3	5.1
Turkey	5.4	6.1	5.1	4.4
Denmark	3.4	6.6	8.1	2.4

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Release date

June 2012

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012

Number of respondents

1,798 respondents

Special properties

Surveys covered patients, physicians and payers

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Score system from 1 (= immature) to 10 (= most mature).
1,798 respondents in four surveys: The patient survey covered over 1,000 respondents with a broad distribution of economic backgrounds, ages, levels of education and states of health. The physicians survey with 433 physicians in the public and private sector, urban vs. rural with a wide range of experience. The survey covered also a payers survey with 345 respondents, roughly evenly devided between public and private sector and 55 percent are C-suite or above. In addition 20 in-depth interviews with key experts took place.

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