Table 4 Discussion of end‐of‐life decisions by place of death in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.

	Physician‐assisted death			Alleviation of pain/symptoms			Non‐treatment decision
	Hospital	Home	Care home	Hospital	Home	Care home	Hospital	Home	Care home
Belguim, no. of cases	26	38	10	374	324	144	202	106	121
Not discussed with patient, patient incompetent	50.0	26.3	90.0*	50.5	44.4	65.3*	66.3	63.4	67.2
Discussed with patient	50.0	65.8	0.0*	34.0	36.5	19.8*	27.5	26.7	20.7
Discussed with relatives	92.3	94.7	90.0	70.2	72.5	66.9	82.0	93.0	77.4*
Discussed with other professionals	100.0	73.0	80.0*	81.8	59.5	84.2*	92.2	70.4	92.9*
Denmark, no. of cases	6	17	8	342	273	281	200	76	123
Not discussed with patient, patient incompetent	16.7	29.4	62.5	60.5	44.8	67.0*	68.8	41.1	68.7*
Discussed with patient	50.0	58.8	37.5	19.6	25.1	12.9*	23.7	47.9	27.0*
Discussed with relatives	83.3	88.2	62.5	39.9	50.8	39.3*	62.5	74.0	58.3†
Discussed with other professionals	80.0	62.5	71.4	41.0	32.8	55.9*	76.0	56.9	71.4*
Sweden, no. of cases	5	1	2	370	111	336	280	58	144
Not discussed with patient, patient incompetent	75.0	0.0	100.0	62.4	52.1	73.3*	67.7	66.1	80.3*
Discussed with patient	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	9.6	4.7†	22.3	19.6	14.4
Discussed with relatives	75.0	0.0	100.0	25.7	22.2	16.5*	65.1	58.9	51.1*
Discussed with other professionals	75.0	0.0	100.0	28.1	27.8	18.8*	70.4	66.1	61.1
Switzerland, no. of cases	4	18	10	358	118	262	431	116	373
Not discussed with patient, patient incompetent	25.0	26.7	30.0	46.9	30.7	57.8*	54.6	35.4	58.4*
Discussed with patient	50.0	66.7	70.0	40.0	41.6	27.0*	38.1	55.8	29.9*
Discussed with relatives	75.0	86.7	70.0	68.6	65.0	53.2*	79.7	80.5	65.6*
Discussed with other professionals	100.0	42.9	90.0*	77.2	49.5	74.0*	87.2	53.1	87.3*

*p<0.05 (Fisher's exact test); †p<0.1 (Fisher's exact test).