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Table 1 Characteristics of 474 patients sick listed or not sick listed in Örebro County primary health care.

From: How primary health care physicians make sick listing decisions: The impact of medical factors and functioning

 

Patients sick listed

Patients not sick listed

 
 

n

mean or %

n

mean or %

p

N

116

 

358

  

Appointment for

     

   infectious disease1

37

30.2

136

38.0

n.s.

   musculoskeletal disorder1

50

43.1

87

24.4

0.001.

Age, years (SD)

 

42.7 (11.2)

 

41.0 (11.8)

n.s.

Women

76

65.5

229

64.0

n.s.

Swedish speaking

109

94.0

341

95.3

n.s.

Education group

    

n.s.

   low

41

35.3

93

26.3

 

   medium

57

49.1

177

50.0

 

   high

18

15.5

84

23.7

 

Professional status

    

n.s.

   permanently employed

82

70.7

244

68.2

 

   temporarily employed

18

15.5

49

13.7

 

   unemployed

8

6.9

30

8.4

 

   self-employed

7

6.0

21

5.9

 
  1. 1 One person was reported for both infectious and musculoskeletal disease and is described by both in this table
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