Table 3.
The number of times each code appeared in each country for the message category
| England | Belgium (Flanders) | Germany | Italy | Netherlands | Portugal | Spain | All countries (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comments about research in general or the survey in particular (but not related to funding)a | 101 | 6 | 102 | 107 | 30 | 173 | 33 | 552 (24%) |
| Call for better quality care, information and access to care for patients and carersb | 69 | 16 | 227 | 106 | 27 | 329 | 41 | 815 (35%) |
| Funding for informal carers, care for older adults, palliative and end-of-life care, and curative research | 8 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 5 | 86 (4%) |
| Reflections on experiences of life, caring, health, diagnosis, prognosis, illness, death and dying, and hope for the futurea | 97 | 27 | 220 | 121 | 14 | 164 | 50 | 693 (30%) |
| Legislation and government | 25 | 3 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 31 | 19 | 152 (7%) |
| Total | 300 | 52 | 599 | 377 | 73 | 749 | 148 | 2298 (100%) |
a: Discarded as not specifically related to policy.
b: Ranked first.