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Table 2 Number and proportion (%) of responders choosing palliative care approach for the dementia patient

From: Physicians’ decreased tendency to choose palliative care for patients with advanced dementia between 1999 and 2015

Choosing palliative care

1999

2015

P-value*

Surgeons

108

(62%)

78

(57%)

0.366

GPs

155

(50%)

92

(40%)

0.018

Internists

107

(59%)

80

(56%)

0.566

Oncologists

40

(77%)

53

(56%)

0.011

Total

410

(57%)

303

(50%)

0.010

  1. GP General Practitioner
  2. * Pearson Chi-square