Table 1.
Year | Application | Accepted | Distribution of CME Providers | Audience | |||||||||||||
Universities and Teaching Hospitals | Medical Societies | TMA | Others | Medical Specialists | Primary Care | Both | |||||||||||
Total (n) | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
1994 | 28 | 24 | 86.7 | 5 | 20.8 | 8 | 33.3 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 9 | 37.5 | 7 | 29.2 | 8 | 33.3 |
1995 | 136 | 113 | 83.1 | 57 | 50.4 | 39 | 34.5 | 12 | 10.6 | 5 | 4.5 | 61 | 54.0 | 9 | 7.9 | 43 | 38.1 |
1996 | 255 | 253 | 99.2 | 121 | 47.8 | 58 | 22.9 | 51 | 20.2 | 23 | 9.1 | 136 | 53.8 | 44 | 17.4 | 73 | 28.8 |
1997 | 429 | 421 | 98.1 | 151 | 35.9 | 85 | 20.2 | 140 | 33.3 | 53 | 10.6 | 205 | 48.7 | 72 | 17.1 | 144 | 34.2 |
1998 | 469 | 469 | 100 | 216 | 46.1 | 83 | 17.7 | 137 | 29.2 | 33 | 7 | 219 | 46.7 | 81 | 17.3 | 169 | 36 |
1999 | 500 | 493 | 98.6 | 193 | 39.2 | 122 | 24.8 | 145 | 29.4 | 33 | 6.6 | 231 | 46.9 | 92 | 18.7 | 170 | 34.4 |
2000 | 531 | 529 | 99.6 | 234 | 44.2 | 129 | 24.4 | 124 | 23.4 | 42 | 8 | 260 | 49.2 | 73 | 13.8 | 196 | 37 |