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. 2014 Apr 14;14:168. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-168

Table 2.

Mean number and range of days of sick leave for 19 hypothetical patient cases classified by the physicians’ working sector

Diagnosis
 Public health center, n = 42
 Private practice, n = 189
 Employer clinic, n = 45
 All physicians, n = 351
  Mean Range Mean Range Mean Range Mean Range
Lumbago
 4.9
 2-10
 4.3
 2-10
 4.5
 3-14
 4.4
 2-14
Tension headache
 2.2
 0-6
 2.3
 0-5
 2.2
 0-7
 2.2
 0-7
Tennis elbow
 6.7
 3-14
 6.3
 0-14
 7.0
 0-14
 6.6
 0-14
Common cold
 2.3
 0-3
 2.3
 0-4
 2.3
 0-3
 2.3
 0-5
Pneumonia
 9.1
 5-21
 8.4
 2-15
 9.1
 1-20
 8.7
 1-21
Gastroenteritis
 2.6
 1-5
 2.4
 1-7
 2.4
 1-5
 2.5
 1-7
Shingles
 4.9
 0-10
 4.8
 0-14
 4.9
 0-10
 4.8
 0-14
Vertigo
 3.1
 0-10
 3.0
 0-11
 2.9
 0-7
 3.0
 0-11
Wound of a hand
 8.1
 5-14
 7.4
 0-14
 6.9
 1-15
 7.3
 0-15
Sprained ankle
 6.6
 3-14
 6.4
 1-21
 6.2
 2-12
 6.5
 1-21
Burn
 4.3
 0-10
 4.5
 0-14
 4.2
 0-14
 4.5
 0-14
Atopic eczema
 1.6
 0-14
 1.1
 0-10
 0.6
 0-7
 1.1
 0-14
Contractions
 4.5
 0-14
 3.8
 0-14
 2.9a
 0-7
 3.7
 0-14
COPD
 4.3
 0-9
 3.7
 0-10
 3.3a
 0-7
 3.8
 0-10
Depression, female
 11.1
 0-30
 9.3
 0-30
 10.1
 0-30
 9.8
 0-30
Depression, male
 12.0
 0-30
 10.1
 0-30
 10.8
 0-30
 10.6
 0-30
Stress
 2.2
 0-14
 1.9
 0-18
 1.8
 0-7
 1.9
 0-18
Hangover
 0.6
 0-4
 0.5
 0-3
 0.4
 0-3
 0.5
 0-4
Cystitis
 0.9
 0-5
 0.8
 0-3
 0.6
 0-2
 0.8
 0-5
All 19 cases together 94.1 46-161 84.1a 21-170 83.7 38-125 85.7 21-170

Statistical comparisons of private practice and employer clinic compared to public health center physicians.

ap < 0.05, One-way ANOVA, pairwise comparison with Dunnett’s method using public health center as a control group.