Feasibility of extracting data from electronic medical records for research: an international comparative study

Table 1 The scope of assessment of countries included in this study

Country	Scope of assessment^a	Region [49]	Income level [50]
Saudi Arabia	Full assessment	Eastern Mediterranean	High-income
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Full assessment	Eastern Mediterranean	High-income
Taiwan	Full assessment	Western Pacific	High-income
Korea, Rep.	Full assessment	Western Pacific	High-income OECD
Italy	Full assessment	European	High-income OECD
South Africa	Full assessment	African	Upper-middle-income
Brazil	Full assessment	Americas	Upper-middle-income
Australia	Information governance	Western Pacific	High-income OECD
Austria	Information governance	European	High-income OECD
Czech Republic	Information governance	European	High-income OECD
The Netherlands	Information governance	European	High-income OECD
Poland	Information governance	European	High-income OECD
China	Information governance	Western Pacific	Upper-middle-income
Mexico	Information governance	Americas	Upper-middle-income
India	Information governance	South-East Asia	Lower-middle-income
Indonesia	Information governance	South-East Asia	Lower-middle-income

^aFull assessment entails adoption of EMR, quality of their data and information governance processes

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