Table 4.
Resources Used by 112 Spanish Primary Care Physicians in Seeking Answers to Clinical Questions
| Resource Used for Searching | Total No. (%) | Searched During Consultation* No. (%) | Searched After Consultation No. (%) | Answers Found After Consultation No. (%) |
| Drug compendium | 61 (39.6) | 40 (65.6) | 11 (13.1) | 8 (12.7) |
| Colleagues | 19 (12.3) | 12 (19.7) | 7 (8.3) | 6 (9.5) |
| Others | 10 (6.5) | 6 (9.8) | 4 (4.8) | 4 (6.3) |
| Pharmacist | 3 (1.9) | 3 (4.9) | 1 (1.2) | 0 (0) |
| Books | 26 (16.9) | — | 26 (31) | 17 (27) |
| Journals | 15 (9.7) | — | 15 (17.9) | 9 (14.3) |
| Specialist | 8 (5.2) | — | 8 (9.5) | 8 (12.7) |
| Pharmaceutical representative | 7 (4.5) | — | 7 (8.3) | 6 (9.5) |
| Databases on Internet | 5 (3.2) | — | 5 (6.0) | 5 (7.9) |
| Total | 154 | 61 | 84 | 63 |
* Answers were found for all questions for which physicians searched for answers during the consultation.