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Number of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners Completing Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Forms by Practice
| Clinician | Practice |
Total | χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care | Palliative care | Hospital | Nursing home | ||||
| Physician, n (%) | 350 (68.50) | 31 (6.07) | 102 (20.00) | 28 (5.48) | 511 | 38.19 | <0.0001 |
| NP, n (%) | 44 (44.90) | 23 (23.50) | 21 (21.40) | 10 (10.20) | 98 | ||
NP, nurse practitioner; χ2, chi-square value.
