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Table 5 Composite Scores of Online Drug Databases

From: Clinical decision support tools: analysis of online drug information databases

Composite Score

CP

EP

FC

LC

MM

EF

RL

Mean Scope

86.7

65.2

81.0

82.9

83.5

53.2

65.2

Mean Completeness

96.4

93.2

95.8

95.2

97.0

93.2

89.6

Scope (0.7) + Completeness (0.30)

89.6

73.6

85.4

86.6

87.5

65.2

72.5

Mean number of steps - 1

2.50

0.70

2.02

1.16

1.75

0.55

2.17

Scope (0.7) + Completeness (0.30) - (Ease of Use - 1) = Composite Score

87.1

72.9

83.4

85.4

85.8

64.5

70.3

  1. CP = Clinical Pharmacology, EP = Epocrates Premium, FC = Facts & Comparisons 4.0, LC = Lexi-Comp Online, MM = Micromedex, EF = Epocrates Free, RL = RxList