Table 3

Reported use (%) by professionals in health region where evidence-based guidance is produced/published (“local”) and use by all others

TitleLocal region (before reorganisation in 1999)Local respondents' useAll other respondents' useDifference95% CI
*p<0.05; **p<0.01.
Effective Health Care BulletinNorthern & Yorkshire65.456.49.0–10.0 to 27.9
BandolierAnglia & Oxford74.250.024.08.0 to 40.4**
CochraneAnglia & Oxford64.547.117.0–0.1 to 35.0
HTAS&W31.020.011.01.0 to 21.0*
Wessex DECS&W57.77.950.039.8 to 59.7**
Effectiveness MattersNorthern & Yorkshire61.530.231.012.1 to 50.6**
Trent Acute Purchasing (DEC)Trent32.34.328.011.4 to 44.6**