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J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:807-815 doi:10.1197/jamia.M2424
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Using Wireless Handheld Computers to Seek Information at the Point of Care: An Evaluation by Clinicians

Table 4

Use of Limits for 803 Queries and Success Rate by Limit, as Compared to the Overall Success Rate of 34.4%

PubMed/MEDLINE Limit Frequency Used % Success of Queries with That Attribute
Count % of 803
English+Human limit* 273 34 36.6
Abstract only limit* 259 32.3 37.1
Date limit* 117 14.6 42.7
Clinical query hedge* 56 7 37.5
Publication type limit* 25 3.1 32
Journal subset limit* 0 0 NA
No limits* 512 69.2 33.2

  • ↵* not significant

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