Ā | Number of initiatives (nā=ā12)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=ā3.6 (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=ā1.3 (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 % |