Table 2.

Proportion (%) of physicians who stated that the sickness certification guidelines are important for good quality in her/his handling of sickness certification and facilitate their contacts with patients or others, by type of clinic

Type of clinic	The extent to which guidelines is of importance for the quality of how I handle sickness certification			The guidelines facilitate my contacts with…
	Very	Moderately	None	The patient	Social Insurance Agency	Healthcare staff	Employer	Employ-ment Office	At least one of all
Primary healthcare	31	57	13	55	45	33	23	25	65
Internal medicine	33	51	16	41	41	31	22	22	53
Surgery	30	49	21	46	34	28	18	17	48
Psychiatry	30	54	16	40	43	31	22	25	55
Other	30	45	25	35	35	30	19	20	39
Orthopaedic	24	51	25	44	35	24	16	16	50
Ear, nose and throat	23	56	22	39	31	22	17	18	41
Infection	32	54	15	44	35	23	18	16	46
Oncology	24	55	21	35	37	20	13	13	42
Eye	21	56	23	26	25	25	13	14	27
Occupational health services	22	62	16	46	37	24	31	17	58
Gynaecology	35	51	15	48	37	29	19	16	51
Neurology	21	59	20	31	32	17	12	14	42
Rheumatology	21	49	30	34	33	24	19	19	41
Skin	26	54	20	40	27	24	15	16	40
Rehabilitation	17	63	20	32	30	22	19	19	42
Administration	21	55	23	33	36	18	18	16	45
Pain	19	57	31	33	28	28	18	20	33
All physicians	29	54	17	47	39	29	21	21	53