“Percentage of time spent in hospital” in the last month of life (%) | “Proportion with more than one hospitalization in the last 30 days of life” (%) | |||||||
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Performance Standard*,† | <10% | <4% | ||||||
Belgium | The Netherlands | Italy | Spain | Belgium | The Netherlands | Italy | Spain | |
Total population per country ‡ | 24.6 | 14.1 | 22.2 | 17.7 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
Did not receive palliative care from the GP § | 39.7|| | 34.7|| | 29.3|| | 32.3|| | 8.3 | 1.3 | 5.1¶ | 8.1 |
Received palliative care from the GP § | 16.1|| | 7.5|| | 18.7|| | 11.8|| | 4.2 | 0.4 | 2.1¶ | 3.3 |