Table 5 GP participation in progressive disease, treatment with opiates, place where the person received terminal care and died, and contact with the family after the patient's death

GP participated in care after clinical aggravation or relapse

392

70¹

138

66¹

Opiates prescribed for home use ²

399

24

122

32

   By GP alone

214

54

42

35

   By GP + hospital/pain team

100

25

40

33

   By hospital/pain team

85

21

40

33

Location of terminal care³:

   Home or home institution

220

70

86

80

   Special unit for palliative care

32

10

12

11

   Hospital

144

45

49

46

Hereof only in hospital

99

31

20

19

Dead:

247

15

78

20

   Hereof at home

100

41

21

27

   Contact with family after death

217

88

55

71