Table.
Generic questions derived from questions by primary care doctors in Iowa and Oregon and their frequencies
| Question | Frequency
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| Iowa questions (n=1101)
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Oregon questions (n=295)
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Total questions (n=1396)
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| 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) | ||