| Table 7: Respondents' opinions on effect of CPGs on various aspects of clinical practice
|
| Aspect of clinical practice | Opinion; no. (and %*) of respondents
|
| Likely to decrease
| No effect | Likely to increase
| No response |
| Quality of patient care | 99 (7)
| 507 (28) | 1142 (65)
| 130 |
| Defensive medical practice | 296 (19)
| 480 (25) | 961 (56)
| 141 |
| No. of malpractice suits | 418 (25)
| 675 (37) | 647 (38)
| 138 |
| Physician satisfaction | 489 (27)
| 720 (40) | 532 (33)
| 137 |
| Total cost of health care | 528 (33)
| 651 (34) | 551 (33)
| 148 |
| Physician reimbursement | 438 (23)
| 1241 (74) | 40 (3)
| 159 |
| *Percentages may not total 100 because of weighting by sample strata.
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