Table 2*.

Service characteristics: home hospice unit and home care unit.

	Home hospice unit, n = 13	Home care unit, n = 11
Nurses per patient**	1/17	1/80–120
Physicians per patient**	1/30	1/150
Social workers per patient**	1/50	1/clinic
Home visit frequency**
Nurse	A weekly visit	Once every three to four months
Physician	Every second week (twice a month)	Once every three to four months
Social worker	Once every three months	Once a year (in the clinic or by phone)
No. of people with dementia being cared in the unit in Israel/per year	100	1500
Main characteristics of patients	Patients with palliative-care needs, mainly but not only with a terminal disease	Any patient who is home restricted due to a physical or mental condition

* The data were also presented as part of a research by Halevi Hochwald et al. ¹⁶

** On average, more if needed.

The information was provided by all participants. The PSMs provided information regarding the home visits they are required to make and those they performed. These two sources of information matched each other.