Table 3.

Palliative care is needed for

Question – Appropriate response	Nursing N=18	Allied health N=48	Medical N=260	P value	Total N=326
All dying patients - No	9(50)	17(35.4)	80(30.8)	0.217	106(32.5)
Metastatic cancer with uncontrolled pain -Yes	14(77.8)	33(68.8)	203(78.1)	0.371	250(76.7)
End stage heart failure - Yes	11(61.1)	30(62.5)	143(55)	0.578	184(56.4)
Three days after gall bladder surgery with pain - No	15(83.3)	19(39.6)	139(53.5)	0.006	173(53.1)

Figures in parenthesis are in percentage