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Table 4 Prevalence of quality assessment in end-of-life care in Flemish hospitals in 2007 (N = 37)1-2

From: Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments

 

Yes

No, but plan to

No, don't plan to

Assessment of patient satisfaction with

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

pain & symptom control

22 (61)

7 (19)

7 (19)

spiritual, psychological & social care

17 (49)

9 (26)

9 (26)

Assessment of relatives satisfaction with

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

spiritual, psychological & social care

11 (33)

9 (27)

13 (39)

continuity of care (between ≠ care settings & caregivers)

11 (33)

8 (24)

14 (42)

bereavement care

8 (25)

7 (21)

18 (55)

  1. 1 Absolute numbers (with rounded percentages in parenthesis)
  2. 2 Between 1 and 4 missing values