GPs’ involvement in care and continuity of care
| n (%) | |
| Provision of service involving the GP (n=220) | |
| Home visit | 184 (83.6) |
| Consultation on phone | 171 (77.7) |
| Family meeting | 155 (70.5) |
| Care plans/team care arrangements | 129 (58.6) |
| Counselling | 101 (45.9) |
| Hospital consultation | 76 (34.6) |
| Case conference | 73 (33.2) |
| Telehealth/videoconference | 42 (19.1) |
| GPs’ perceived role (n=188) | |
| Primary care coordinator | 100 (53.2) |
| Part of a team | 76 (40.4) |
| Referral | 12 (6.4) |
| Feedback from external service undertaking the last week of care (n=188) | |
| Yes | 114 (60.6) |
| No | 35 (18.6) |
| Not applicable | 39 (20.8) |
| If yes, from which services? * (total number of responses=138) | |
| Hospital apart from palliative care unit | 28 (20.3) |
| Inpatient palliative care service | 34 (24.6) |
| Community palliative care service | 28 (20.3) |
| Community nursing services | 10 (7.3) |
| Residential aged care facility | 38 (27.5) |
| Level of satisfaction with feedback/communication* (Total no of responses=125) | Median (IQR) |
| Hospital apart from palliative care unit (n=25) | 4 (4–5) |
| Inpatient palliative care service (n=32) | 5 (4–5) |
| Community palliative care service (n=27) | 5 (5–5) |
| Community nursing services (n=8) | 4 (4–5) |
| Residential aged care facility (n=33) | 4 (4–5) |
*This is a multiple-answer question. For each patient, GPs could indicate that they received feedback for the last week of care from more than one external service. Percentages were calculated based on total responses.
GP, general practitioner.