Use of and attitudes towards the prescribing guidelines booklet in primary health care doctors

Table 2 Use of the drug recommendations varies with both type of organization and level of competence.

	Prescribing of a drug for a new diagnosis	P-value*	Active change to a recommended drug upon renewal of a prescription	P-value*
Publicly run units	80 (76–90)		50 (20–70)
Privately run units	80 (75–90)		50 (20–79)
Own business	65 (50–80)	0.0003	22 (11–50)	0.048
Specialists	80 (75–90)		50 (25–75)
Residents	80 (72–90)		30 (10–50)
Interns	80 (55–90)	0.81	10 (0–28)	10^-10

*Kruskal-Wallis test for comparison between groups
Self-estimated percentage values in subgroups of doctors, as for how often (percent of prescribing occasions) the responder wittingly adheres to the lists of recommended drugs in the prescribing guidelines booklet. Values are presented as median percentage (25^th – 75^th percentile).