Table 2

Characteristics and Capacity of Institutions Doing HPSR

TOTAL
 Per Capita GNP






Low
 Lower Middle
 Upper Middle


No.
 %
 No.
 %
 No.
 %
 No.
 %
Total No.
 108
 100
 50
 46
 36
 33
 22
 20
Legal status
Private
 31
 29
 17
 34
 5
 14
 9
 41
Public
 69
 64
 27
 54
 30
 83
 12
 55
Mixed public/private
 8
 7
 6
 12
 1
 3
 1
 5
Experience
Less than 1 year
 7
 6
 3
 7
 2
 6
 1
 5
1 to 2
 4
 4
 2
 4
 1
 3
 1
 5
3 to 5
 22
 20
 9
 17
 7
 18
 7
 30
6 to 10
 29
 27
 16
 33
 8
 21
 6
 25
Over 10 years
 46
 42
 20
 39
 19
 52
 8
 35
TOTAL
 108
 100
 50
 100
 36
 100
 22
 100
Information technology
No/rare PC access
 8
 7
 7
 14
 1
 3
 0
 0
No Internet
 5
 4
 4
 7
 1
 3
 0
 0
FTE* researcher base
FTE per institution
 8.4
9.7
7.0
8.0
No. of institutions with: 2 FTE or less
 17
 16
 8
 16
 7
 21
 2
 10
>2 to 4
 22
 20
 8
 16
 10
 28
 4
 19
5 to 10
 37
 34
 13
 26
 11
 31
 12
 52
More than 10
 32
 30
 21
 42
 7
 21
 4
 19
PhDs in workforce
Zero PhDs
 26
 24
 7
 14
 7
 21
 10
 48
1 to 2
 53
 49
 28
 57
 20
 55
 6
 29
3+
 29
 26
 15
 30
 9
 24
 5
 24
Project portfolio
Total projects
 3.0
2.8
2.9
3.4
Projects <1 year
 2.3
2.0
2.3
2.5
Project funding







Total for portfolio **
 $155,226
$150,806
$178,636
$126,470
Annually
 $80,521
$72,140
$111,879
$81,901
Databases and publications for decision makers
Producer
 45
 42
 23
 46
 11
 31
 11
 50

* FTE: Full Time Equivalent. Indicates the total number of person/months employed by including full time and part time researchers under a single category. **Includes total project funding for all projects within the institution and their entire duration.

Gonzalez Block and Mills Health Research Policy and Systems 2003 1:1   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-1-1