| Table 5: Level of confidence in CPGs issued or developed by various organizations
|
| Source of CPG | Level of confidence; no. (and %*) of respondents
|
| Not confident
| Somewhat confident | Very confident
| No response |
| Physician's own specialty society | 75 (7)
| 255 (21) | 964 (72)
| 584 |
| Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
| 189 (11) | 479 (28)
| 1044 (61) | 166 |
| Provincial college of physicians and surgeons
| 406 (20) | 601 (31)
| 693 (49) | 178 |
| College of Family Physicians of Canada |
480 (21) | 515 (30)
| 526 (49) | 357 |
| National consensus development (expert) panel
| 390 (23) | 546 (32)
| 692 (45) | 250 |
| Local group of clinicians (e.g., clinical/hospital committees)
| 320 (15) | 731 (42)
| 625 (43) | 202 |
| CMA | 373 (18) |
747 (41) | 600 (41)
| 158 |
| Provincial medical association | 528 (25)
| 714 (41) | 449 (34)
| 187 |
| Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination
| 541 (31) | 557 (35)
| 445 (34) | 335 |
| Federal health ministry or agency | 910 (51)
| 541 (33) | 212 (16)
| 215 |
| Provincial or territorial health ministry or insurance plan
| 1150 (64) | 389 (27)
| 97 (9) | 242 |
| Private health insurance plan (e.g., Blue Cross)
| 1299 (77) | 269 (20)
| 41 (3) | 269 |
| *Percentages may not total 100 because of weighting by sample strata.
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