Table 1 Characteristics of the study population
From: Sick leave prescriptions in general medicine: results from the ECOGEN study
Patient gender (n = 10271) | n | % |
Male | 4071 | 39,6 |
Female | 6200 | 60,4 |
Patient age (n = 10271) | ||
< 35 years old | 3356 | 32,7 |
35–50 years old | 3774 | 36,7 |
> 50 years old | 3141 | 30,6 |
Patient profession (n = 10264) | ||
Employees | 3968 | 38,7 |
Farmers | 72 | 0,7 |
Self-employed workers | 552 | 5,4 |
Executives | 1023 | 10,0 |
Labourers | 799 | 7,8 |
Intermediate professions | 1230 | 12,0 |
Unemployed | 2620 | 25,5 |
Duration of consultation (n = 10271) | ||
< 16 min | 5621 | 54,7 |
≥ 16 min | 4650 | 45,3 |
Gender IS (n = 10271) | ||
Male | 6524 | 63,5 |
Female | 3747 | 36,5 |
Age IS (n = 10271) | ||
< 50 years old | 2641 | 25,7 |
≥ 50 years old | 7630 | 74,3 |
Mode of practice (n = 10271) | ||
Alone | 2117 | 20,6 |
Healthcare centre | 136 | 1,3 |
Group practice | 6065 | 59,0 |
Multi professional | 1953 | 19,0 |
Location of the practice (n = 10271) | ||
Rural | 1722 | 16,8 |
Semi-rural | 2513 | 24,5 |
Urban | 6036 | 58,8 |
Volume of consultations (n = 10271) | ||
< 5000 | 5098 | 49,6 |
≥ 5000 | 5173 | 50,4 |