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Table 2 Mean number and range of days of sick leave for 19 hypothetical patient cases classified by the physicians’ working sector

From: Factors affecting sick leave prescribing in occupational health care: a survey based on hypothetical patient cases

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

  1. Statistical comparisons of private practice and employer clinic compared to public health center physicians.
  2. ap < 0.05, One-way ANOVA, pairwise comparison with Dunnett’s method using public health center as a control group.