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Table 5 General characteristics of specialized health management institution survey

From: The roles of doctors, nurses, and industrial hygienists in the healthcare management services in Korea: a comparison of the opinions of specialized health management institutions and entrusted enterprises

(N = 81)

Item

Classification

n(%)

no. of EW† (mean ± S.D.)

no. of person (mean ± S.D.) n(%)

Institution type

 

University hospital

19(23.5)

  

Clinic

42(51.9)

  

Corporation

20(24.7)

  

Enterprise size (no. of employees)

 

50–99

 

83.1 ± 63.9

361,629(42.3)

100~ 199

 

32.4 ± 26.6

281,588(32.9)

200~ 299

 

6.3 ± 7.1

99,517(11.6)

≥300

 

3.7 ± 4.0

113,084(13.2)

Categories of enterprise

 

Manufacturing1

 

60.6 ± 65.9

484,944(56.7)

Manufacturing2

 

10.1 ± 19.5

77,690(9.1)

Service business

 

34.5 ± 52.9

290,088(33.9)

Construction

 

0.2 ± 0.6

3096(0.4)

Qualification of doctors

 

Specialist of occupational and environmental medicine

56(69.1)

 

1.5 ± 0.7

Resident of occupational and environmental medicine

9(11.1)

 

1.0 ± 0.0

Specialist of preventive medicine

21(25.9)

 

1.2 ± 0.5

Doctor who had experience working in occupational health affairs

14(17.3)

 

1.4 ± 0.5

Total

77(95.1)

 

1.9 ± 1.0

Nurse

 

78(96.3)

 

3.9 ± 2.3

Qualification of IH‡

 

Occupational health instructor

2(2.5)

 

1.0 ± 0.0

professional engineers in industrial hygiene management

7(8.6)

 

1.0 ± 0.0

Industrial hygiene managers

74(91.4)

 

2.1 ± 1.2

Industrial hygiene control industrial engineers

31(38.3)

 

1.2 ± 0.5

Total

79(97.5)

 

2.6 ± 1.2

  1. †EW: entrustment workplace, ‡IH: industrial hygienist