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Number of physicians who consulted with a second physician after receiving request in FL and BXL (and % of total physicians in FL and BXL)* Total N = 170 (69.7%)
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p-value†
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LEIF physician N = 51 (30.0%)
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Not LEIF physician or not known N = 119 (70.0%)
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p-value LEIF vs not LEIF‡
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Specialty
| | | | | |
|
General practitioners
|
118 (69.4)
|
0.764
|
42 (35.6)
|
76 (64.4)
|
0.010
|
|
Specialist
|
51 (30.2)
| |
9 (15.7)
|
43 (84.3)
| |
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Physician’s age
| | | | | |
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Younger than 36
|
17 (10.1)
|
0.656
|
5 (29.4)
|
12 (70.6)
|
1.000
|
|
36-50 years
|
74 (44.0)
|
0.022
|
14 (18.9)
|
60 (81.1)
|
0.017
|
|
51-60 years
|
58 (34.5)
|
0.149
|
22 (37.9)
|
36 (62.1)
|
0.153
|
|
Older than 60
|
19 (11.3)
|
0.526
|
9 (47.4)
|
10 (52.6)
|
0.114
|
|
Number of terminal patients cared for in 1 year
| | | | | |
|
0 patients
|
12 (7.2)
|
0.202
|
6 (50.0)
|
6 (50.0)
|
0.102
|
|
1 to 10 patients
|
114 (74.5)
|
0.255
|
35 (30.7)
|
79 (69.3)
|
1.000
|
|
more than 10 patients
|
27 (17.6)
|
0.850
|
6 (22.2)
|
21 (77.8)
|
0.360
|
|
Religiosity
| | | | | |
|
Not religious
|
57 (33.5)
|
0.176
|
19 (33.3)
|
38 (66.7)
|
0.595
|
|
Religious
|
113 (66.5)
| |
32 (28.3)
|
81 (71.7)
| |
|
Training in palliative care or member of palliative team
| | | | | |
|
Yes
|
115 (67.6)
|
0.243
|
38 (33.0)
|
77 (67.0)
|
0.283
|
|
No
|
55 (32.4)
| |
13 (23.6)
|
42 (76.4)
| |
- *1 to 17 missing cases. FL = Flanders, BXL = Brussels.
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†Comparison with physicians who did not consult. Fisher exact test for statistically significant differences between categories vs all other categories within the variable. Significant differences in bold.
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‡Fisher exact test for statistically significant differences between categories vs all other categories within the variable.
