Table 4.
Respondent's use of Infectious Diseases personnel resources as demonstrated by their response to the question: “To what extent do you rely on the following sources for information about the treatment of infectious diseases?”
| To a great extent, n (%) | Prescribers | Pharmacists | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCH a (n=153) | LCH b (n=246) | SCH a (n=33) | LCH b (n=137) | |
| Clinical textbooks c , d | 19 (12) | 14 (6) | 7 (21) | 17 (12) |
| Colleague c | 24 (16) | 43 (17) | 18 (55) | 52 (38) |
| ID specialist c , d | 23 (15) | 58 (24) | 8 (24) | 56 (41) |
| Personal clinical experience | 79 (52) | 123 (50) | 15 (45) | 60 (44) |
| PubMed | 19 (12) | 24 (10) | 4 (12) | 24 (18) |
| Up-to-Date | 64 (42) | 97 (39) | 16 (48) | 47 (34) |
| Very little or not at all, n (%) | ||||
| Clinical textbooks c | 89 (58) | 161 (65) | 13 (39) | 71 (52) |
| Colleague c , d | 63 (41) | 62 (25) | 1 (3) | 10 (7) |
| ID specialist c , d | 77 (50) | 88 (36) | 13 (39) | 31 (23) |
| Personal clinical experience | 15 (10) | 17 (7) | 0 | 15 (11) |
| PubMed c , d | 108 (71) | 135 (55) | 16 (48) | 47 (34) |
| Up-to-Date c | 45 (29) | 62 (25) | 1 (3) | 22 (16) |
Note: ID = infectious diseases; LCH = large community hospital; SCH = small community hospital.
a
<200 beds.
b
≥200 beds.
c
P value <.05 comparing all prescribers to all pharmacists.
d
P value <.05 comparing all SCH to LCH respondents.