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Table 2 Perceived added value of PaTz and perceived barriers for participation of 98 GPs and 229 DNs in the Netherlands

From: The association between PaTz and improved palliative care in the primary care setting: a cross-sectional survey

Aspect

Total

N = 327

(yes (%))

General practitioners

District nurses

PaTz

N = 69

(yes (%))

No PaTz

N = 29

(yes (%))

PaTz

N = 64

(yes (%))

No PaTz

N = 165

(yes (%))

PaTz is of added value toa

 Knowledge

310 (96)

63 (93)

28 (97)

62 (98)

157 (96)

 Collaboration

303 (96)

66 (99)1

26 (90)1

63 (98)

148 (95)

 Coordination

279 (88)

55 (83)

24 (83)

60 (94)

140 (89)

 Continuity

270 (85)

51 (76)

18 (64)

57 (92)

144 (90)

Barrier for participationb

 Time

258 (84)

59 (89)

29 (100)

38 (62)2

133 (87)2

 Finding a group

179 (66)

31 (53)

19 (70)

28 (50)2

101 (78)2

 Financial aspects

166 (62)

33 (51)

17 (68)

28 (50)3

88 (72)3

 Administration

163 (60)

32 (50)

17 (71)

21 (36)2

93 (72)2

 Desire to work alone

42 (16)

7 (11)

2 (8)

5 (9)4

28 (22)4

  1. aMissing data < 5% for all added values variables
  2. bMissing data for ‘time’ < 1%, for other barrier variables between 13 and 14%
  3. 1Statistically significant difference found for ‘collaboration’ in GPs (p = 0.046)
  4. 2Statistically significant difference found for ‘time’, ‘finding a group’, and ‘administration’ in DNs (p < 0.001)
  5. 3Statistically significant difference found for ‘financial aspects in DNs (p = 0.004)
  6. 4Statistically significant difference found for ‘desire to work alone’ (p = 0.044)