Table 3.
Physicians’ (n and % with 95% confidence intervals (CI)) experience of management support by medical specialty in 2004 and 2008, respectively
|
Medical specialty |
Year |
Physicians (n) |
Do you have support from your manager regarding handling of sickness certification cases? |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes to a great extent % (95% CI) | To some extent % (95% CI) | No % (95% CI) | Do not have a manager % (95% CI) | |||||||
| Rehabilitation |
2004 |
41 |
48.8 |
(32.8-64.8) |
22.0 |
(8.7-35.2) |
29.3 |
(14.7-43.8) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
38 |
34.2 |
(18.4-50.0) |
31.6 |
(16.1-47.1) |
21.1 |
(7.5-34.6) |
13.2 |
(1.9-24.4) |
| Oncology |
2004 |
56 |
17.9 |
(7.5-28.2) |
32.1 |
(19.5-44.8) |
50.0 |
(36.5-63.5) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
57 |
10.5 |
(2.3-18.7) |
42.1 |
(28.9-55.3) |
45.6 |
(32.3-58.9) |
1.8 |
(−1.8-5.3) |
| Occupational |
2004 |
94 |
41.5 |
(31.3-51.6) |
19.1 |
(11.0-27.3) |
39.4 |
(29.3-49.4) |
- |
- |
| health service |
2008 |
97 |
29.9 |
(20.6-39.2) |
33.0 |
(23.5-42.5) |
25.8 |
(16.9-34.6) |
11.3 |
(4.9-17.8) |
| Orthopedics |
2004 |
105 |
27.6 |
(18.9-36.3) |
34.3 |
(25.1-43.5) |
38.1 |
(28.7-47.5) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
102 |
13.7 |
(6.9-20.5) |
38.2 |
(28.6-47.8) |
37.3 |
(27.7-46.8) |
10.8 |
(4.7-16.9) |
| Internal |
2004 |
161 |
13.7 |
(8.3-19.0) |
44.1 |
(36.3-51.9) |
42.2 |
(34.5-49.9) |
- |
- |
| medicine |
2008 |
227 |
14.5 |
(9.9-19.2) |
34.4 |
(28.1-40.6) |
42.7 |
(36.2-49.2) |
8.4 |
(4.7-12.0) |
| Gynecology |
2004 |
164 |
26.8 |
(20.0-33.7) |
39.6 |
(32.1-47.2) |
33.5 |
(26.2-40.8) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
143 |
22.4 |
(15.5-29.3) |
38.5 |
(30.4-46.5) |
24.5 |
(17.3-31.6) |
14.7 |
(8.8-20.6) |
| Surgery |
2004 |
164 |
20.1 |
(13.9-26.3) |
34.8 |
(27.4-42.1) |
45.1 |
(37.4-52.8) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
204 |
16.7 |
(11.5-21.8) |
29.9 |
(23.6-36.2) |
40.2 |
(33.4-47.0) |
13.2 |
(8.5-17.9) |
| Psychiatry |
2004 |
248 |
25.4 |
(19.9-30.9) |
38.3 |
(32.2-44.4) |
36.3 |
(30.3-42.3) |
- |
- |
| |
2008 |
203 |
19.2 |
(13.7-24.7) |
37.9 |
(31.2-44.7) |
31.0 |
(24.6-37.5) |
11.8 |
(7.3-16.3) |
| Primary |
2004 |
546 |
29.5 |
(25.7-33.3) |
44.5 |
(40.3-48.7) |
26.0 |
(22.3-29.7) |
- |
- |
| care |
2008 |
514 |
21.4 |
(17.8-25.0) |
41.6 |
(37.4-45.9) |
25.1 |
(21.3-28.9) |
11.9 |
(9.1-14.7) |
| Other medical |
2004 |
718 |
22.1 |
(19.1-25.2) |
35.0 |
(31.5-38.5) |
42.9 |
(39.3-46.5) |
- |
- |
| specialties |
2008 |
509 |
13.4 |
(10.4-16.3) |
33.6 |
(29.5-37.7) |
35.2 |
(31.0-39.3) |
17.9 |
(14.5-21.2) |
| All specialists |
2004 |
1751 |
23.9 |
(21.9-25.9) |
35.4 |
(33.2-37.7) |
40.7 |
(38.4-43.0) |
|
|
|
except GPs |
2008 |
1580 |
17.0 |
(15.1-18.8) |
34.7 |
(32.4-37.1) |
35.0 |
(32.6-37.4) |
13.3 |
(11.6-15.0) |
| All specialists |
2004 |
2297 |
25.3 |
(23.5-27.0) |
37.6 |
(35.6-39.6) |
37.2 |
(35.2-39.2) |
- |
- |
| 2008 | 2094 | 18.1 | (16.4-19.7) | 36.4 | (34.4-38.5) | 32.6 | (30.6-34.6) | 12.9 | (11.5-14.4) | |
The response alternative ‘Do not have a manager’ was not included in the 2004 questionnaire.
Rates of missing answers for this item were 8.0% (n = 200) in 2004 and 5.0% (n = 110) in 2008.