Dealing with sickness certification – a survey of problems and strategies among general practitioners and orthopaedic surgeons

Table 5 Support from management and common strategies at clinic regarding sick-listing matters

	Orthopaedic surgeons				General practitioners				Odds ratio¹
	n	yes %	partly %	no %	n	yes %	partly %	no %	crude	95% CI	adjusted²	95% CI
Having support from management regarding handling of sickness certification cases	141	26.2	32.6	41.1	663	32.1	42.5	25.3	2.1	1.4–3.0	2.1	1.4–3.1
Physicians reporting problems every week ³	75	28.0	37.3	34.7	404	30.2	43.6	26.2
A common strategy for handling matters related to sickness certification at the clinic/practice	144	9.7	35.4	54.9	673	15.9	53.9	30.2	2.8	1.9–3.2	2.1	1.1–3.9
Physicians reporting problems every week ⁴	75	9.3	36.0	54.7	408	14.0	55.1	30.9

¹ The Odds ratio for dichotomized response alternatives (yes and partly vs. no). Reference group; OS = 1
² Adjusted for gender and working years
³ A subgroup of physicians answering the question "Having support from management regarding handling of sickness certification cases" reporting that they every week "Find it problematic to handle sickness certification"
⁴ A subgroup of physicians answering the question "A common strategy for handling matters related to sickness certification at the clinic/practice" reporting that they every week "Find it problematic to handle sickness certification"

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