A novel care guide for personalised palliative care – a national initiative for improved quality of care

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Table 1 Number of patients participating, and S-PCG documents tested in pilot tests I – III

Clinical Test	Number of care units	Number of Patients	Number of S-PCG documents tested
Clinical Test	Number of care units	Number of Patients	Part 1	Part 2	Part 2 care plan	Part 3	Part 3 care plan	Part 4	Total
Pilot test I	7	28	6	11	-	16	16	13	62
Pilot test II	6	22	13	1	1	6	9^b	0^c	30
Pilot test III	34	250	16	62	46	148	144	148	564
Total number	40 ^a	300	35	74	47	170	169	161	656

^aSeven of the care units participated in more than one pilot test
^bMore patients were enrolled into the care plan for Part 3 than into the decision support of Part 3 itself
^cThe test units at the hospital had a well-functioning care plan for after the death in their digital hospital records, that prior to the start of the test had been revised to ensure that all of the content from S-PCG part 4 was included

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