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Table 4 GPs’ and DNs’ reasons for not involving services and facilities (absolute numbers and %*)

From: Experiences of Dutch general practitioners and district nurses with involving care services and facilities in palliative care: a mixed methods study

Service/facilitya

N

Not needed

Not my job

Don’t know them/where to find them

Unavailable

Bad experiences

Other/no reason specified

Clinical pain specialist

 GP

27

15

0

1

0

6

5

 DN

93

37 (40%)

44 (47%)

6 (6%)

2

0

4

Case manager for palliative care

 GP

34

8

0

5

16

1

4

 DN

116

56 (48%)

12 (10%)

10 (9%)

18 (16%)

1

19 (16%)

Spiritual caregiver

 GP

54

16 (30%)

23 (43%)

9 (17%)

4 (7%)

0

2

 DN

51

23 (45%)

7 (14%)

3 (6%)

3 (6%)

1

14 (27%)

Psychologist/psychiatrist

 GP

52

39 (75%)

0

1

2

1

9 (17%)

 DN

123

57 (46%)

35 (28%)

4

2

1

24 (20%)

Social welfare

 GP

61

40 (66%)

0

2

1

4 (7%)

14 (23%)

 DN

103

62 (60%)

15 (15%)

1

3

1

21 (20%)

  1. *Percentage shown if total N > 50; boldfaced values show the most often mentioned reason per service for both professions
  2. aWe excluded palliative home care teams, palliative care consultation services, hospices, and volunteers in palliative care as the vast majority of GPs and DNs said that they used these services and facilities sometimes or often