Patient's age at time of death, years mean (95% CI) | | 69.4 (68.0 to 70.8) | 73.5 (71.7 to 75.3)b |
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Patient's sex, n (%): | Male | 181 (54.4) | 113 (58.3) |
| Female | 152 (45.6) | 81 (41.7) |
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Primary cancer diagnosis, n (%): | Bronchus/lung | 65 (19.5) | 37 (19.1) |
| Colon/rectum | 50 (15.1) | 32 (16.5) |
| Breast | 34 (10.2) | 22 (11.3) |
| Prostate | 39 (11.7) | 31 (16.0) |
| Other | 145 (43.5) | 72 (37.1) |
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Patient's marital status, n (%): | Single | 125 (39.8) | – |
| Married | 189 (60.2) | |
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Having children, n (%): | No | 32 (11.0) | – |
| Yes, living at home | 34 (11.7) | |
| Yes, adults | 226 (77.3) | |
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Place of death, n (%): | Home | 120 (36.0) | 70 (36.1) |
| Nursing home | 69 (20.7) | 51 (26.3) |
| Hospital/hospice | 140 (42.0) | 70 (36.1) |
| Other (for example other institution) | 4 (1.2) | 3 (1.5) |
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GP involvement in palliation, n (%): | No | 37 (11.3) | – |
| Yes | 290 (88.7) | |
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GP's knowledge prior to palliative period, n (%): | Poor | 44 (13.3) | – |
| Well | 279 (86.7) | |
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Number of home visits by GP during the last 3 months, median (IQI) | 3 (1–6) | 3 (1–5) |
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GP home visits in the last 3 months, n (%): | 0 | 44 (13.2) | 26 (13.4) |
| 1 | 48 (14.4) | 30 (15.5) |
| 2 | 40 (12.0) | 30 (15.5) |
| 3 | 49 (14.7) | 24 (12.4) |
| >3 | 152 (45.7) | 84 (43.3) |
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Unplanned home visits by GP, n (%): | No | 134 (49.1) | – |
| Yes | 138 (50.9) | |
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GP gave private number to patient to use in out-of-office hours, n (%): | No | 164 (58.4) | – |
| Yes | 116 (41.6) | |
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GP had made a plan with the patient for whom to contact in out-of-office hours: | No | 180 (63.8) | – |
| Yes | 102 (36.2) | |
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GP had contact with relatives, n (%): | No | 39 (13.5) | – |
| Yes | 243 (86.5) | |
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Community nurse involvement, n (%): | No | 105 (31.1) | – |
| Yes | 228 (68.9) | |
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Specialist team involvement, n (%): | No | 206 (61.9) | – |
| Yes | 127 (38.1) | |
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Common involvement of professionals, n (%): | GP and community nurse | 220 (66.1) | – |
| GP and specialist team | 114 (34.2) | |
| GP, community nurse and specialist team | 96 (28.8) | |
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Duration of palliative period related to place of death, weeks mean (95% CI): | Institution (hospital/hospice) | 17.5 (14.6 to 20.3) | – |
| Home (home, nursing home) | 17.9 (15.4 to 20.3) | |
| Total | 17.8 (15.9 to 19.6) | |
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Time spent at home related to place of death, weeks mean (95% CI): | Institution (hospital/hospice) | 14.6 (11.8 to 17.3) | – |
| Home (home, nursing home) | 14.5 (12.5 to 16.6) | |
| Total | 14.6 (13.0 to 16.3) | |
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Percentage of time spent at home related to place of death, mean, % (95% CI): | Institution (hospital/hospice) | 75.1 (71.0 to 79.1) | |
| Home (home, nursing home) | 84.0 (80.5 to 87.6) | – |
| Total | 80.1 (77.4 to 82.8) | |