Cancer | Non-cancer | ||
---|---|---|---|
Time between GPs’ awareness and actual death | n = 221** | n = 68** | P-value* |
(%) | (%) | ||
Not until the last year before death (also including last six months, last month and last week) | 207 (94) | 65 (96) | 0.770 |
Not until the last six months before death (including the last month and last week) | 190 (86) | 64 (94) | 0.072 |
Not until the last month before death (including the last week) | 66 (30) | 41 (60) | <0.001 |
Not until the last week before death | 13 (6) | 18 (26) | <0.001 |
GPs’ awareness was based on: (more than one answer possible) | Cancer | Non-cancer | |
n = 225 | n = 71 | ||
(%) | (%) | ||
GPs’ observation of problems and/or symptoms | 175 (78) | 62 (87) | 0.079 |
Information from medical specialist | 120 (53) | 20 (28) | <0.001 |
Information from home-care professionals | 6 (3) | 9 (13) | 0.002 |
Information from relatives | 33 (15) | 19 (27) | 0.020 |
Other | 15 (7) | 7 (10) | 0.371 |
Not applicable | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 0.240 |