Table 3 Characteristics of meetings of 10 PaTz-groups in a one-year follow-up period, derived from registration data

 GPs

5

6

5

6

6

0^a

3

6

4

6

5

 DNs

3

3

3

3

2

4

2

4

4

3

4

 Consultant in palliative care

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

1

1

 Other disciplines

1

1

0^a

1

0^a

2

2

0^a

1

1

1

Number of meetings

79

6

5

6

6

25

7

6

6

7

5

Number of patients on the PaTz-register

583

75

107

122

48

40

45

29

39

36

42

Individual patients discussed

243 (42%)

39 (52%)

13 (12%)

21 (17%)

23 (48%)

39 (98%)

22 (49%)

21 (72%)

27 (69%)

26 (72%)

12 (29%)

 Once

163/243 (67%)

33 (85%)

10 (77%)

19 (91%)

16 (70%)

10 (26%)

12 (55%)

18 (86%)

18 (67%)

20 (77%)

7 (58%)

 Twice

54/243 (22%)

5 (13%)

3 (23%)

2 (9%)

7 (30%)

10 (26%)

8 (36%)

2 (10%)

6 (22%)

6 (23%)

5 (42%)

 Three or more times

26/243 (11%)

1 (3%)

0

0

0

19 (49%)

2 (9%)

1 (5%)

3 (11%)

0

0

Discussed only after death

58/243 (24%)

4 (10%)

6 (46%)

12 (57%)

3 (13%)

1 (3%)

11 (50%)

8 (38%)

12 (44%)

0

1 (8%)

Number of patient discussions per meeting (mean, range)

4.8 (0–20)

7.7 (0–20)

3.2 (1–5)

3.8 (2–7)

5.0 (3–7)

4.8 (0–10)

5.0 (1–11)

4.2 (1–6)

6.7 (4–14)

4.6 (3–6)

3.4 (1–6)

 Mean (range), minutes

8.8 (1–45)

3.5 (1–8)

13 (3–40)

15 (3–45)

11 (5–20)

11 (1–20)

9 (3–20)

8 (1–20)

5 (3–16)

12 (1–20)

8 (5–15)

 25–75%, minutes

5–10

3–4

3–18

5–23

5–13

8–12

5–12

3–10

5–5

9–15

5–10

 Number of other topics discussed

94

4

13

3

17

5

24

6

12

6

4

 Minutes spent discussing other topics per meeting (mean, range)

5.7 (0–90)

2.5 (0–5)

18.1 (0–90)

3.3 (0–10)

3.6 (5–20)

3.4 (0–10)

2.5 (5–15)

5.8 (0–15)

3.6 (1–20)

7.5 (0–10)

3.8 (0–10)