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Table 2 Physicians’ unreasonable illegitimate task load as a percentage of task load (n = 538)

From: A study of unreasonable illegitimate tasks, administrative tasks, and sickness presenteeism amongst Norwegian physicians: an everyday struggle?

Unreasonable illegitimate

Work Tasks

All Employees

n (%)

Residents

n (%)

Specialists

n (%)

Others

n (%)

None

69 (12.6)

28 (13.5)

41 (14.2)

2 (4.8)

5–10%

194 (35.5)

79 (38.2)

103 (35.6)

12 (28.6)

11–20%

166 (30.3)

65 (31.4)

85 (29.4)

16 (38.1)

21–30%

71 (13.0)

21 (10.1)

42 (14.5)

8 (19.0)

31% or more

38 (6.9)

16 (7.7)

18 (6.2)

5 (11.9)

Total n

538 (98.4)

207

289

42