Table 3.

Perceived aspects of drug information according to open-ended questionnaire responses (Item 6a and b)

Perceived aspects of drug information	Public authorities (item 6aa)	Pharmaceutical industry (Item 6ba)
	n = 205b	n = 186b
Provide drug information and educationc	5.9% (12)	24% (44)
Provide useful information on how patient can use the drugc	3.4% (7)	17% (31)
Provide information of side effectsc	6.8% (14)	3.8% (7)
Provide economic aspects of drug therapyc	16% (33)	1.1% (2)
Provide information on new drugsc	3.9% (8)	38% (71)
Provide scientific judgement on drugsc	53% (109)	33% (61)
Provide information from public authoritiesc	60% (122)	1.6% (3d)
Provided information is objectivec	12% (25)	0.54% (1)

^a Question according to Table 1

^b Number of responders to the item

^c Responders wrote freely. The response was then classified into categories and counted. One responder can contribute to more than one alternative

^d GPs sometimes perceive that pharmaceutical industry present information from public authorities essential for their product.