Quality of care in the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German “Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services – Last Year of Life – Cologne”

Table 5 Association of cancer indication and the provision of specialist palliative care

		Patient received specialist palliative care^a
		Yes (n = 213)	No (n = 107)
Indication	Cancer (n = 200)	172 (86%)	28 (14%)
Indication	Non-cancer (n = 120)	41 (34.2%)	79 (65.9%)

^a Care may be provided by in-patient hospice, a hospital palliative care unit or by a specialist palliative home care team
Chi-square test: χ² = 88.221, df = 1, p < 0.001, n = 320

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