Table 2 Proportion of physicians having sickness certifications and of finding them problematic. Stratified by sex, age, and specialist status (n = 12,933)
| Â | How often do you have consultations including consideration of sickness certification? | How often do you find it problematic to handle sickness certification? | How problematic do you generally find it to handle sickness certification of patients? | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | >10 times a week | 6–10 times a week | 1–5 times a week | < once a week | >5 times a week | 1–5 times a week | About once a month | Less or never | Very | Fairly | Some-what | Not at all |
All | 14.1 | 19.7 | 47.4 | 18.8 | 4.1 | 27.6 | 37.6 | 30.8 | 7.2 | 31.3 | 45.4 | 16.1 |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Women | 12.2 | 18.8 | 49.8 | 19.2 | 3.3 | 27.0 | 39.0 | 30.7 | 6.7 | 33.1 | 45.7 | 14.5 |
Men | 15.9 | 20.6 | 45.1 | 18.5 | 4.8 | 28.2 | 36.2 | 30.9 | 7.6 | 29.6 | 45.2 | 17.6 |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
24–39 | 12.9 | 19.8 | 50.6 | 16.7 | 3.1 | 27.5 | 42.2 | 27.2 | 6.2 | 35.4 | 48.7 | 9.7 |
40–54 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 47.7 | 17.4 | 4.4 | 27.5 | 37.0 | 31.1 | 7.4 | 31.3 | 45.0 | 16.3 |
55–67 | 14.3 | 19.4 | 44.1 | 22.2 | 4.8 | 27.8 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 7.9 | 27.4 | 42.8 | 21.9 |
Specialist | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 15.1 | 19.9 | 45.1 | 19.9 | 4.5 | 27.0 | 35.5 | 33.1 | 7.4 | 29.1 | 44.3 | 19.2 |
No | 11.6 | 19.1 | 52.8 | 16.4 | 3.2 | 29.0 | 42.4 | 25.4 | 6.6 | 36.4 | 48.2 | 8.8 |