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Table 1 Characteristics of participating case management initiatives

From: Case management in primary palliative care is associated more strongly with organisational than with patient characteristics: results from a cross-sectional prospective study

Ā 

Number of initiatives (nā€‰=ā€‰12)ā€ 

Percentage of patients (n =662)

Organization offering case management

Ā Ā 

- home care organizĀ (Table uses UK-ENG, text is in UK-ENG)ation

5

48.6Ā %

- collaboration between institutionsā€ ā€ 

5

28.4Ā %

- hospice

2

23.0Ā %

Target group of the initiative

Ā Ā 

- from curative care onwards

3

27.8Ā %

- from life prolonging care onwards

3

23.6Ā %

- only palliative care patients

6

48.6Ā %

Number of years the initiative was active/operational at start of the study

Ā Ā 

- less than a year

3

11.9Ā %

- one ā€“ five years

7

61.0Ā %

- five years or longer

2

27.0Ā %

Number of case managers employed

meanā€‰=ā€‰3.6 (SD 2.2)

Ā 

- one case manager

1

1.7Ā %

- two case managers

4

50.9Ā %

- three or four case managers

4

34.9Ā %

- five or more case managers

3

12.5Ā %

Number of full time equivalents (fte)

meanā€‰=ā€‰1.3 (SD 0.8)

Ā 

- unknown

1

0.6Ā %

- 0,5 fte or less

1

1.7Ā %

- between 0,5 and 1 fte

5

45.7Ā %

- between 1 and 2 fte

2

24.5Ā %

- 2 fte or more

3

27.6Ā %

Number of patients enrolled in the study

Ā Ā 

- less than 50 patients

6

6.9Ā %

- 50 ā€“ 100 patients

2

19.9Ā %

- 100 or more patients

4

73.1Ā %

  1. ā€ Of the 13 participating initiatives, one was specifically focussed on patients with COPD and was not included in this paper (only initiatives involving cancer patients were included in this paper)
  2. ā€ ā€ An example of a collaboration of institutions is a hospital working together with a home care organisation