Table 6.

Qualifications, activity emphasis, and institutional affiliations of physicians and nurses in SPHC (n = 196)

		Physicians		Nurses
Item	Categories	Number of teams	%	Number of teams	%
% of staff members trained in palliative care	100%	158	80.6	156	79.6
	≥ 50%	20	10.2	19	9.7
	< 50%	4	2.0	0	0.0
	0	2	1.0	1	0.5
	Missing	12	6.1	20	10.2
Staff members performing less than 50% of their activity in palliative care	100% of staff members	53	27.0	22	11.2
	99–70% of staff members	49	25.0	16	8.2
	69–50% of staff members	21	10.7	7	3.6
	49–30% of staff members	5	2.6	9	4.6
	29–0.1% of staff members	5	2.6	20	10.2
	0% of staff members	26	13.3	81	41.3
	Missing	37	18.9	41	20.9
Physicians/nurses with institutional affiliation in team (yes/no)	Hospital	86	43.9	39	19.9
	Private practice/nursing care service	132	67.3	64	32.7
	Team	79	40.3	125	63.8
	Other structures	36	18.4	21	10.7
	More than one structure	109	55.6	49	27
	Missing	7	4.1	13	6.6