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Table 2 Percentages of doctors who are familiar with the guidelines on priority setting. Percentages and (95% CI)

From: Guidelines and clinical priority setting during the COVID-19 pandemic – Norwegian doctors’ experiences

Are you familiar with:

Doctors in managerial positions (n = 125–127)*

Senior hospital doctors (n = 402–405)*

General practitioners (n = 282–290)*

Doctors in specialization, private specialists, others (n = 693–696)*

N

The three official priority setting criteria?i

83.5%a (77.0–90.0)

63% (58.3–67.7)

63.1% (57.6–68.7)

59% (55.3–62.7)

1513

The legal regulation for priority settingii ("Prioriterings-forskriften")

42.4%b (33.7–51.1)

23.6%b (19.5–27.8)

9.6% (6.2–13.0)

10.2% (8.0–12.5)

1503

The guidelines for the COVID-19-pandemiciii

50%a (41.3–58.7)

23% (18.9–27.1)

21.7% (17.0–26.4)

15.5% (12.8–18.2)

1517

  1. *The number answering varied according to which regulation/guideline was asked about
  2. iResponse alternatives "yes" and "no"
  3. iiResponse alternatives dichotomized into yes (including "yes" and "to some degree") and noi
  4. iiiResponse alternatives dichotomized into "yes and know its contents", and no (including "yes" (but do not know the contents and "no")
  5. aBold figures indicate that doctors in managerial position had a significantly higher percentage answering yes than doctors in the other three categories (estimated through nonoverlapping 95% CI)
  6. bbBold figures indicate that senior hospital doctors and doctors in managerial positions had a significantly higher percentage answering yes than for doctors in the other two categories (estimated through nonoverlapping 95% CI)