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Use of information sources to guide clinical decision making. Results are expressed as percentage of respondents who reported using the information sources “often” or “always.” Research articles defined as “articles from focused searching of electronic databases (e.g., medline).” The differences between evidence-based medicine (EBM) users and nonusers were significant only for use of clinical practice guidelines (p = .01) and use of research articles ( p = .0001).
