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. 2004 Jun 19;328(7454):1478. doi: 10.1136/bmj.328.7454.1478

Table 4.

Uses of 105 clinical databases with full entry in DoCDat, August 2003

Uses No (%) of databases
Ad hoc analyses for providers:
Possible locally (n=103) 61 (58)
Possible centrally (n=105) 79 (75)
Audit reports:
Provider-specific (n=95) 42 (40)
Multicentre (n=95) 28 (27)
Research (No of papers* based on database):
None 28 (27)
1-4 24 (23)
5-9 12 (11)
10-29 21 (20)
30-99 12 (11)
≥100 8 (8)
*

Papers published in peer reviewed journals.