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Table 4 Physicians' expectations from the treatment plan

From: Palliative inpatients in general hospitals: a one day observational study in Belgium

  

Life prolongation

n = 65 (100%)

Improvement of comfort

n = 179 (100%)

 

Pathology

Cancer

32 (49.2%)

94 (52.5%)

p = 0.6501

 

Non-cancer

33 (50.8%)

85 (47.5%)

 

Age

< 75 years

37 (56.9%)

72 (40.2%)

p = 0.0204

 

≥ 75 years

28 (43.1%)

107 (59.8%)

 

Prognosis

≤ 3 months

5 (7.7%)

73 (40.8%)

p < 0.0001

 

> 3 months

56 (86.2%)

104 (58.1%)

 
 

≤ 1 year

33 (50.8%)

141 (78.8%)

p = 0.0019

 

> 1 year

28 (43.1%)

36 (20.1%)