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Table 3 Current status of health management practice

From: Practice status of specialized agencies for occupational health management of small- to medium-size enterprises and the factors improving their performance: a cross-sectional survey study

 

Total

Physician

Nurse

Mean number of enterprises visited daily

2.7 ± 2.8

3.6 ± 4.8

2.6 ± 2.1

Mean number of workers consulted daily

22.8 ± 27.8

19.3 ± 13.2

23.5 ± 29.8

Mean time taken for health management (min)

 Firms with less than 100 employees

74.3 ± 22.7

74.3 ± 27.2

74.3 ± 21.7

 Firms with more than 100 employees

104.3 ± 45.4

111.4 ± 87

102.8 ± 30.3

Mean daily transit time (min)

84.2 ± 147.3

69.3 ± 31.8

87.2 ± 161

Proportion of tasks performed (%)

 Employee consultations and management

42.7 ± 15.3

46.4 ± 20.1

41.8 ± 14.0

 Administrative work within the agency, preparation for visiting workplaces

17.1 ± 9.9

10.3 ± 7.5

18.4 ± 9.8

 Transit from agency to workplaces

13.6 ± 8.8

14.2 ± 10.4

13.4 ± 8.5

 Taking minutes at workplaces and conducting consultations with owners

10.7 ± 6.6

7.1 ± 4.0

11.5 ± 6.7

 Visiting workplaces

11.5 ± 8.7

11.2 ± 8.7

11.6 ± 8.7

 Others

9.1 ± 10.7

17 ± 18.2

7.5 ± 7.3

Proportion of workers with illnesses who received hospital care (n, %)

  ≥ 80%

45 (11.9)

10 (15.4)

35 (11.1)

 60–79%

120 (31.7)

25 (38.5)

95 (30.3)

 40–59%

111 (29.3)

13 (20.0)

98 (31.2)

 20–39%

84 (22.2)

15 (23.1)

69 (22.0)

  < 20%

14 (3.7)

0 (0.0)

14 (4.5)

 Never

5 (1.3)

2 (3.1)

3 (1.0)

Proportion of workers with illnesses on whom follow-up was performed when visiting workplaces (n, %)

  ≥ 80%

154 (41.5)

28 (43.8)

126 (41.0)

 60–79%

129 (34.8)

23 (35.9)

106 (34.5)

 40–59%

53 (14.3)

10 (15.6)

43 (14.0)

 20–39%

26 (7.0)

1 (1.6)

25 (8.1)

  < 20%

9 (2.4)

2 (3.1)

7 (2.3)

Received education other than that required for maintaining license within the past year (n, %)

 Never

71 (19.4)

12 (19.4)

59 (19.4)

 KOSHA

197 (53.8)

14 (22.6)

183 (60.2)

 Except KOSHA

185 (50.5)

47 (75.8)

138 (45.4)

  1. KOSHA Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency