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Table 4 Percentage of full-time and part-time work and relationship with employer per higher education health care professional in 2007

From: Continuity and change in human resources policies for health: lessons from Brazil

Occupation

Work

Relationship with employer

 

Full-time

Part-time

Not Known

Hired

Subcontracted

Others

 

14.9

45.0

40.0

39.3

40.6

40.6

General Surgeon

16.1

50.0

33.9

45.9

14.1

40.0

General Practitioner

21.1

62.7

16.2

65.4

12.8

21.7

Geriatrist

13.6

57.1

29.4

48.1

12.3

39.6

Obstetrician-Gynecologist

15.9

56.8

27.3

51.8

12.2

35.9

Family Health Physician

64.4

32.3

3.3

83.8

11.3

4.9

Resident

66.4

21.1

12.5

61.0

14.9

24.0

Dentist

29.1

64.7

6.2

79.1

7.4

13.5

Pathologist

31.3

46.3

22.4

65.5

10.6

23.9

Pediatrician

17.1

64.7

18.2

61.0

12.9

26.1

Psychiatrist

15.6

70.6

13.8

68.3

10.4

21.3

Radiologist

24.6

52.9

22.4

53.1

14.2

32.7

Public health expert (Sanitarista)

17.9

75.0

7.1

85.1

6.0

8.9

Other medical specialties

16.3

56.0

27.7

49.9

12.0

38.2

Social assistant

42.1

54.7

3.2

87.5

7.5

5.1

Biochemist/Pharmacist

45.0

48.7

6.3

83.8

6.2

10.0

Nurse

48.3

48.2

3.4

88.4

7.5

4.1

Clinical Engineer

69.1

17.3

13.6

80.8

9.6

9.6

Medical Physicist

31.6

52.2

16.2

57.9

17.0

25.1

Physiotherapist

27.5

57.4

15.1

63.0

11.9

25.0

Speech therapist

20.8

65.1

14.2

62.8

11.3

25.9

Nutritionist

38.2

55.1

6.7

77.8

9.1

13.0

Psychologist

23.7

66.9

9.4

71.9

8.9

19.2

Other

30.3

46.5

23.2

59.7

9.7

30.6

  1. Source: IBGE, 2007 [1].