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Table 1 Number of participants by clinic and frequency of consultation involving consideration of sickness certification

From: Reasons for and factors associated with issuing sickness certificates for longer periods than necessary: results from a nationwide survey of physicians

  

Have sickness certification consultations

  

1-5 times a week

More than 6 times a week

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Child and youth

116 (1.0)

90 (77.6)

26 (22.4)

Dermatology

53 (0.5)

46 (86.8)

7 (13.2)

Ear, nose, and throat

359 (3.1)

264 (73.5)

95 (26.5)

Eye

89 (0.8)

76 (85.4)

13 (14.6)

Gynecology

746 (6.1)

462 (61.9)

284 (38.1)

Infection

265 (2.3)

198 (74.7)

67 (25.3)

Internal medicine

1387 (12.0)

972 (70.1)

415 (29.9)

Neurology

226 (2.0)

119 (52.7)

107 (47.3)

Occupational health

463 (4.0)

101 (21.8)

362 (78.2)

Oncology

316 (2.7)

82 (25.9)

234 (74.1)

Orthopedic

865 (7.5)

180 (20.8)

685 (79.2)

Pain

78 (0.7)

20 (25.6)

58 (74.4)

Primary health care

4053 (35.1)

2234 (55.1)

1819 (44.9)

Psychiatry

1024 (8.9)

363 (35.4)

661 (64.6)

Rehabilitation

155 (1.3)

48 (31.0)

107 (69.0)

Rheumatology

181 (1.6)

88 (48.6)

93 (51.4)

Surgery

1176 (10.2)

665 (56.5)

511 (43.5)

ALL

11583 (100)

6008 (52.0)

5544 (48.0)