Table 2 Physicians' characteristics, frequencies of sickness-certification consultations and related problems (%), distributed on clinical settings.
Characteristics of the physiciansa in different clinics | Rate (%) of physiciansa who had sickness-certification consultations at different frequencies during a week | Rate (%) of physiciansa who experienced problems related to sickness-certification at different frequencies during a week | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical setting | Mean age | Women % | Specialist % | > 20 times a week | 60-20 times a week | 1-5 times a week | < once a week | > 10 times a week | 6-10 times a week | 1-5 times a week | < once a Week |
Internal medicine | 43 | 45.4 | 58.9 | 2.4 | 19.1 | 50.0 | 28.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 14.8 | 83.4 |
Primary health care | 48 | 51.0 | 66.8 | 2.3 | 40.4 | 52.4 | 4.9 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 46.6 | 45.8 |
Surgery | 44 | 30.7 | 64.7 | 4.6 | 33.4 | 48.1 | 13.8 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 15.9 | 81.9 |
Psychiatry | 47 | 55.5 | 65.6 | 10.0 | 50.0 | 30.6 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 39.3 | 50.0 |
Gynaecology | 47 | 69.0 | 74.1 | 1.8 | 29.6 | 50.6 | 18.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 73.7 |
Orthopaedic | 45 | 20.8 | 67.9 | 19.2 | 59.3 | 18.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 42.5 | 46.5 |
Occupational health | 56 | 43.8 | 95.1 | 16.3 | 62.0 | 18.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 35.1 | 55.6 |
Ear, nose, and throat | 47 | 44.0 | 77.1 | 0.9 | 21.0 | 60.0 | 18.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 87.4 |
Child and adolescent | 48 | 53.9 | 78.4 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 22.4 | 71.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 91.3 |
Ophthalmology | 48 | 56.8 | 80.3 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 21.8 | 74.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 95.7 |
Oncology | 45 | 57.8 | 64.9 | 20.2 | 50.9 | 23.9 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 16.4 | 81.4 |
Infectious diseases | 43 | 49.7 | 62.9 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 60.7 | 19.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 14.1 | 84.7 |
Neurology | 46 | 42.2 | 75.4 | 2.6 | 42.7 | 47.8 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 37.0 | 59.9 |
Dermatology | 48 | 68.0 | 77.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 22.0 | 74.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 91.5 |
Rheumatology | 49 | 53.8 | 79.1 | 3.3 | 45.6 | 45.6 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 39.2 | 54.7 |
Rehabilitation | 51 | 57.7 | 79.2 | 17.9 | 45.2 | 26.2 | 10.7 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 70.4 |
Geriatrics | 49 | 57.0 | 78.9 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 81.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 98.1 |
Administration | 53 | 42.7 | 86.6 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 31.7 | 59.8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 90.8 |
Pain management | 54 | 28.8 | 90.4 | 17.8 | 56.2 | 20.5 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 23.8 | 57.1 |
Other | 48 | 43.4 | 72.7 | 15.7 | 26.7 | 32.8 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 15.0 | 80.6 |
Do not work in a clinic | 41 | 50.0 | 47.4 | 13.2 | 36.8 | 28.9 | 21.1 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 32.1 | 57.1 |
All of the physicians a | 47 | 47.6 | 68.8 | 5.8 | 34.5 | 42.5 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 28.9 | 65.7 |
Missing (n = 56) | 43 | 44.6 | 51.8 | 10.7 | 21.4 | 48.2 | 19.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 22.2 | 73.3 |