Assessing capacity for health policy and systems research in low and middle income countries*

Table 1 Institutions Surveyed, Contacted and Total in the Population, by Income Group

Level of Income	Surveyed				Contacted				Total in Population
	Institutions		Countries		Institutions		Countries		Institutions*		Countries
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Low (LI) <$756	50	46	21	54	268	44	34	44	294	45	58	44
Lower Middle (LM) $756–$2,995	36	33	10	26	188	31	27	35	193	30	44	33
Upper middle (UM) $2,996–$9265	22	20	8	21	151	25	16	21	162	25	31	23
TOTAL	108	100	39	100	607	100	77	100	649	100	133	100

*Total institutions in the population were estimated through calculating the ratio of contacted institutions per population within each of UM, LM & LI countries and then expanding to the total population in each region.

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