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Table 1 Total references to information in injury treatment and rehabilitation compensation policy

From: Measuring use of research evidence in public health policy: a policy content analysis

Information type

Frequency (% total) of

N (%) policies that

Median (range) of reference

 

reference to information

reference information

to information per policy

Internal policy

1133 (47.5)

124 (96.9)

6 (0–36)

Clinical/Medical evidence

519 (21.8)

108 (84.4)

2.5 (0–28)

Internal legislation

203 (8.5)

122 (95.3)

1 (0–11)

Other evidence

175 (7.3)

88 (68.7)

1 (0–13)

External policy

245 (10.3)

63 (49.2)

0 (0–24)

External legislation

58 (2.4)

22 (17.2)

0 (0–16)

Academic/Scientific research

50 (2.1)

30 (23.4)

0 (0–7)

Total

2383 (100.0)

128 (100.0)

15.5 (0–67)