What physicians want to learn about sickness certification: analyses of questionnaire data from 4019 physicians

BMC Public Health

Table 2 How physicians rate their need for the different items regarding continuing professional development in sickness certification.

			Large need	Fairly large need	Limited need	No need	All
Item¹		n	%	%	%	%	%
N	The options and responsibilities of the Employment Office in sickness certification cases	3861	20.8	41.9	26.8	10.6	100
M	Employers' options and responsibilities in sickness certification cases	3871	19.0	43.4	28.3	9.3	100
L	The options and responsibilities of the SIO² in sickness certification cases	3871	18.3	43.4	29.0	9.2	100
I	Other forms of compensation in the social insurance system	3863	17.7	41.5	28.8	12.0	100
K	My options and responsibilities as a physician in sickness certification cases	3876	14.7	39.1	35.6	10.6	100
C	Assessing the optimum length and degree of sickness certification	3860	14.6	35.2	36.8	13.3	100
A	Judging patients' work capacity	3874	13.1	31.1	40.2	15.6	100
D	Handling conflicts with patients about the need for sickness certification	3864	12.7	26.7	41.7	18.9	100
B	Work demands in different occupations and/or workplaces	3855	12.0	33.8	40.0	14.2	100
H	Sickness insurance rules	3871	11.4	37.6	38.2	12.8	100
J	Private and supplementary insurance that patients often have	3861	11.2	31.5	38.8	18.5	100
F	Designing optimum plans of action	3857	8.5	33.7	37.9	19.9	100
G	Deciding when it is necessary to contact the SIO²	3857	4.3	24.5	48.1	23.1	100
E	Writing sickness certificates	3874	3.8	15.9	52.7	27.5	100

¹Letters given to the items according to order of appearance in the questionnaire
²Social Insurance Office
Items sorted according to highest and lowest after percentage perceiving large need.

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