From: Satisfaction of staff of Swiss insurance companies with medical appraisals: a cross sectional study
Type of appraisal | N = 3165* |
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Appraisal for disability insurance, No. (%) | 2444 (77) |
Appraisal for private insurances (private accident insurances; liability insurances; loss of income insurances), No. (%) | 678 (22) |
Other appraisals (non-private loss of income, accident or occupational disease insurances; or no data entry), No. (%) | 43 (1) |
Number of involved medical specialties per appraisal | |
1 specialty (mono-disciplinary appraisal), No. (%) | 2072 (65) |
2 specialties (bi-disciplinary appraisal), No. (%) | 437 (14) |
3 up to 7 specialties (poly-disciplinary appraisal), No. (%) | 656 (21) |
Time interval needed for generation of appraisal | |
Appraisal for disability insurance, weeks (SD) | 20.8 (16.1) |
Appraisal for private insurances, weeks (SD) | 11.6 (16.8) |
Patients assessed with appraisal | |
Mean age (SD) | 45.9 (10.5) |
Women, No. (%) | 1606 (51) |
Employment status (prior to the problem that lead to medical appraisal) | |
Self-employed, No. (%) | 206 (7) |
Employed (non-specialist function), No. (%) | 1590 (50) |
Employed (specialist function), No. (%) | 927 (29) |
Employed (superior function), No. (%) | 100 (3) |
Other (work at home; looking for job; education), No. (%) | 342 (11) |