Table 2.
Number (% of total studies) | |
Country of study | |
The Netherlands | 44 (27.0) |
USA | 43 (26.4) |
Belgium | 27 (16.6) |
Canada | 22 (13.5) |
Multiregion | 14 (8.6) |
Switzerland | 8 (4.9) |
Other | 5 (3.1) |
Report type | |
Non-systematic review | 53 (32.5) |
Survey | 32 (19.6) |
MAID protocol | 19 (11.7) |
Cohort study (retrospective) | 22 (13.5) |
Cross-sectional (including death certificates) | 13 (8.0) |
Qualitative study | 13 (8.0) |
Clinical practice guideline/manual/handbook | 5 (3.1) |
Systematic review | 2 (1.2) |
Other | 4 (2.5) |
Protocol described | |
Intravenous | 75 (46) |
Oral | 50 (30.7) |
None | 38 (23.3) |
MAID, medical assistance in dying.