Table 3 Characteristics of the transmural palliative care consultation services
Network characteristics | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Outcome in 2019 | The existing hospital PCT collaborates at some level with the newly established primary care PCT. | The hospital PCT and the regional PCT collaborate in providing a transmural palliative care consultation service. | The hospital PCTs and the regional PCT collaborate in providing a transmural palliative care consultation service. | No transmural palliative care consultation service was developed. |
Composition of the (transmural) PCT that provides the transmural palliative care consultation service | ||||
 • Physicians |  |  |  | NA |
  - General practitioner | 3 | 2 | 4 |  |
  - Hospice physician | 1 | 1 | – |  |
  - Hospital physician | 4 | 6 | 3 |  |
  - Nursing home physician | 4 | 2 | 2 |  |
  - Intellectual disability physician | 1 | – | – |  |
 • Nurses | ||||
  - Home care nurse | – | – | 2 |  |
  - Hospice nurse | – | 2 | 1 |  |
  - Hospital nurse | 2 | 2 | 7 |  |
  - Nursing home nurse | – | 1 | – |  |
Transmural palliative care consultation service | ||||
 • Number of consultations in 2019 | 173 | 78 | 72 | NA |