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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 May 28;49(1):66–78. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.05.004

Table 2.

Number of Surveys About a Decedent Distributed to and Completed by Type of Clinician

No. (%) decedents Attending Fellow Psychosocial
Staff		 Bedside
Nurse		 Primary
Nurse
Number (%) of decedent with
  No survey distributed 0 (0%) 5 (5%) 12 (13%) 6 (6%) 2 (2%)
  1 survey distributed 88 (94%) 69 (73%) 38 (40%) 71 (76%) 90 (96%)
  2 or more surveys distributed 6 (6%) 20 (21%) 44 (47%) 17 (18%) 2 (2%)
Total # surveys distributed 100 109 142 106 94
Number (%) of decedents with
  No survey completed 38 (40%) 50 (53%) 32 (34%) 41 (44%) 47 (50%)
  1 survey completed 55 (59%) 37 (39%) 42 (45%) 48 (51%) 47 (50%)
  2 or more surveys completed 1 (1%) 7 (7%) 20 (21%) 5 (5%) 0 (0%)
Total # surveys completed. 57 51 87 58 47
Response Rate:
 Surveys completed/surveys distributed 57% 47% 61% 55% 50%