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. 2012 Aug 22;13:89. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-89

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and medical characteristics of palliative care patients as noted by an out-of-hours GP (N = 529)

    Totaln = 529 % Referraln = 68 % No Referraln = 461 % P-value
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
 Male
53
47
54
0.283
Age (years)
 
 
 
 
 
 Mean (SD)
73 (SD 14)
75 (SD 13)
73 (SD14)
0.297**
 
 ≥ 75
50
52
50
0.795
Residence
 
 
 
 
 
 Home
84
96
82
0.006
 
 Home for the elderly
16
4
18
 
Disease
 
 
 
 
 
 Cancer
76
94
73
<0.001
 
 Heart failure
4
4
4
0.743*
 
 COPD
3
0
3
0.234*
 
 Other diseases
18
1
20
<0.001
Terminal status
 
 
 
 
 
 Terminally ill
73
54
75
<0.001
Family
 
 
 
 
 
 Family available
59
62
58
0.594
 
 Family burden
7
9
7
0.455*
Receiving professional nursing care
 
 
 
 
 
 Receiving professional nursing care
41
12
46
<0.001
Patients wish
 
 
 
 
 
 Patients’ wish to stay at home
10
12
9
0.520
Medical aspects
 
 
 
 
 
 Information transfer by patients’ GP
24
9
27
0.002
 
 Patient was receiving chemotherapy
4
12
2
0.001*
 
 Hospitalization was already planned within three days
2
10
1
<0.001*
   Patient or family had already contacted a hospital specialist 2 9 1 <0.001*

*Fisher Exact Test (2-sided).

** T-test.