Table 2.
Physicians (n and %) in different medical specialties who reported having a sickness certification policy in 2004 and in 2008, respectively
|
Medical specialty |
Year |
Physicians, n |
Do you and your colleagues in your clinical setting have a joint policy for handling matters related to sickness certification? |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, well established % (95% CI) | Yes, but not well established % (95% CI) | No % (95% CI) | Do not know % (95% CI) | |||||||
| Rehabilitation |
2004 |
41 |
41.5 |
(25.7-57.2) |
22.0 |
(8.7-35.2) |
36.6 |
(21.2-52.0) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
39 |
46.2 |
(29.8-62.5) |
23.1 |
(9.2-36.9) |
23.1 |
(9.2-36.9) |
7.7 |
(−1.1-16.4) |
| Oncology |
2004 |
57 |
12.3 |
(3.5-21.1) |
40.4 |
(27.2-53.5) |
47.4 |
(34.0-60.7) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
60 |
18.3 |
(8.3-28.4) |
10.0 |
(2.2-17.8) |
55.0 |
(42.0-68.0) |
16.7 |
(7.0-26.4) |
| Occupational |
2004 |
98 |
33.7 |
(24.1-43.2) |
38.8 |
(29.0-48.6) |
27.6 |
(18.5-36.6) |
- |
- |
| health service |
2008 |
96 |
46.9 |
(36.7-57.0) |
12.5 |
(5.8-19.2) |
37.5 |
(27.6-47.4) |
3.1 |
(−0.4-6.7) |
| Orthopedics |
2004 |
109 |
10.1 |
(4.3-15.8) |
38.5 |
(29.2-47.8) |
51.4 |
(41.8-60.9) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
103 |
10.7 |
(4.6-16.7) |
16.5 |
(9.2-23.8) |
66.0 |
(56.7-75.3) |
6.8 |
(1.9-11.7) |
| Internal |
2004 |
164 |
6.1 |
(2.4-9.8) |
30.5 |
(23.4-37.6) |
63.4 |
(56.0-70.9) |
- |
- |
| medicine |
2008 |
238 |
8.8 |
(5.2-12.5) |
8.4 |
(4.9-12.0) |
64.7 |
(58.6-70.8) |
18.1 |
(13.1-23.0) |
| Surgery |
2004 |
168 |
10.7 |
(6.0-15.4) |
36.9 |
(29.5-44.3) |
52.4 |
(44.8-60.0) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
214 |
15.4 |
(10.5-20.3) |
15.9 |
(11.0-20.8) |
58.4 |
(51.8-65.1) |
10.3 |
(6.2-14.4) |
| Gynecology |
2004 |
171 |
20.5 |
(14.4-26.6) |
51.5 |
(43.9-59.0) |
28.1 |
(21.3-34.9) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
150 |
18.0 |
(11.8-24.2) |
18.0 |
(11.8-24.2) |
50.0 |
(41.9-58.1) |
14.0 |
(8.4-19.6) |
| Psychiatry |
2004 |
264 |
20.1 |
(15.2-24.9) |
40.5 |
(34.6-46.5) |
39.4 |
(33.5-45.3) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
214 |
19.6 |
(14.3-25.0) |
9.3 |
(5.4-13.3) |
52.8 |
(46.1-59.5) |
18.2 |
(13.0-23.4) |
| Primary |
2004 |
555 |
12.8 |
(10.0-15.6) |
55.0 |
(50.8-59.1) |
32.3 |
(28.4-36.2) |
- |
- |
| care |
2008 |
522 |
26.8 |
(23.0-30.6) |
18.2 |
(14.9-21.5) |
49.4 |
(45.1-53.7) |
5.6 |
(3.6-7.5) |
| Other medical |
2004 |
764 |
20.5 |
(17.7-23.4) |
31.9 |
(28.6-35.3) |
47.5 |
(44.0-51.1) |
- |
- |
| specialties |
2008 |
549 |
21.3 |
(17.9-24.7) |
8.9 |
(6.5-11.3) |
55.6 |
(51.4-59.7) |
14.2 |
(11.3-17.1) |
| All specialists |
2004 |
1836 |
18.6 |
(16.8-20.4) |
36.1 |
(33.9-38.3) |
45.3 |
(43.0-47.6) |
|
|
|
except GPs |
2008 |
1663 |
19.5 |
(17.6-21.5) |
11.7 |
(10.1-13.2) |
55.2 |
(52.8-57.6) |
13.5 |
(11.9-15.1) |
| All specialists |
2004 |
2391 |
17.2 |
(15.7-18.7) |
40.5 |
(38.5-42.5) |
42.3 |
(40.3-44.3) |
- |
- |
| 2008 | 2185 | 21.3 | (19.6-23.0) | 13.2 | (11.8-14.6) | 53.8 | (51.7-55.9) | 11.7 | (10.3-13.0) | |
The percentages (%) are calculated with 95% confidence intervals (CI) by medical specialty. The response alternative ‘Do not know’ was not included in the 2004 questionnaire.
The rates of missing responses were 4.2% (n = 106) in 2004 and 0.9% (n = 19) in 2008.