Table 6.

Activities at hospital ECs 1996 (n = 180)

	(%)
Review of clinical research related to treatment with patients as subjects	127(70.6)
Review of clinical research unrelated to treatment with patients as subjects	52(28.9)
Review of clinical research with non-patients as subjects	34(18.9)
Review of basic research with animals as subjects	9(0.5)
Issuing of a committee approval certificate for the editorial board of an academic journal	19(10.6)
Policy making	99(55.5)
Consultation	58(32.2)
Education	30(16.7)