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Respondents - n
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1026
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Age - years Mean ± SD
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54.1 ± 9.4
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Gender - n (%)
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Male
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502 (49.0)
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Female
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520 (50.8)
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Work experience in the outpatient sector - years Mean ± SD
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20.2 ± 11.2
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Working hours/week - Mean ± SD
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46.9 ± 12.4
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Practice type - n (%)
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Single-handed
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510 (49.8)
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Group practice
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467 (45.6)
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Medical care centre
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47 (4.6)
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Employed - n (%)
|
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Yes
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123 (12.0)
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No
|
887 (86.6)
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Location of practice - n (%)
|
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Rural (≤ 5,000 inhabitants)
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264 (25.8)
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Small town (> 5,000–20,000 inhabitants)
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290 (28.3)
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Medium-sized town (> 20,000–100,000 inhabitants)
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198 (19.3)
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Big city (> 100,000 inhabitants)
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264 (25.8)
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Number of patients/quarter - Mean ± SD
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1130.3 ± 373.3
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Number of palliative patients/year - Mean ± SD
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18.4 ± 26.8
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Number of home visits/week - Mean ± SD
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15.3 ± 20.6
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Number of home visits/quarter within palliative patients - Mean ± SD
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15.1 ± 25.5
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GPs’ attitude towards palliative care
|
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bad
|
…
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…
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good
|
|
Please assess your overall palliative competence/expertise! - n (%)
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20 (2.0)
|
90 (8.8)
|
533 (52.1)
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350 (34.2)
|
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not true
|
rather not true
|
rather true
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completly true
|
|
Care of severe sick and dying patients should be a central part of GPs work. - n (%)
|
34 (3.3)
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106 (10.4)
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219 (21.4)
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657 (64.2)
|
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SPHC referral practice
|
|
Have you ever referred SPHC (within your work as a GP)?
|
|
Yes - n (%)
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847 (83.7)
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|
No - n (%)
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163 (15.9)
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Number of GPs’ SPHC referrals (follow-up referrals included) - Mean ± SD
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8.8 ± 11.9
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Number of SPHC referrals by other health care professionals - Mean ± SD
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3.7 ± 5.2
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never
|
…
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…
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always
|
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Do you regularly stay involved in palliative patients’ treatment after SPHC initiation? - n (%)
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53 (5.2)
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174 (17.0)
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298 (29.1)
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356 (34.8)
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How often is one of your SPHC referrals denied (by MDK)? - n (%)
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653 (63.8)
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166 (16.2)
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31 (3.0)
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0
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