Table.

Generic questions derived from questions by primary care doctors in Iowa and Oregon and their frequencies

Question	Frequency
	Iowa questions (n=1101)			Oregon questions (n=295)			Total questions (n=1396)
	Rank	No (%) of questions		Rank	No (%) of questions		Rank	No (%) of questions
What is the drug of choice for condition x?	1st	112 (10)		1st	38 (13)		1st	150 (11)
What is the cause of symptom x?	2nd	106 (10)		11th	9 (3)		2nd	115 (8)
What test is indicated in situation x?	3rd	84 (8)		3rd	28 (9)		3rd	112 (8)
What is the dose of drug x?	4th	84 (8)		10th	10 (3)		4th	94 (7)
How should I treat condition x (not limited to drug treatment)?	7th	53 (5)		2nd	29 (10)		5th	82 (6)
How should I manage condition x (not specifying diagnostic or therapeutic)?	5th	62 (6)		19th	5 (2)		6th	67 (5)
What is the cause of physical finding x?	6th	61 (6)		16th	6 (2)		7th	67 (5)
What is the cause of test finding x?	8th	53 (5)		7th	11 (4)		8th	64 (5)
Can drug x cause (adverse) finding y?	10th	42 (4)		4th	17 (6)		9th	59 (4)
Could this patient have condition x?	9th	49 (4)		26th	2 (1)		10th	51 (4)