Reasons given by physicians for not using palliative care services (PCS) in people with an illness indicative of palliative care need and who died non-suddenly*.

Full response answers which physicians could indicate as a reason for not using palliative care services were respectively: the care already sufficiently addressed the patient’s palliative and supportive needs; palliative care was not meaningful or not meaningful enough; there was not enough time to initiate palliative care; patient did not want it; family did not want it; palliative care was not available; to not take away the hope of the patient and/or the family.Abbreviations: PCS = palliative care services.Percentages are row percentages. Percentages may not add up to 100 because more than one reasons could be indicated in some cases.Missing values for reason not using palliative care n = 43 (7%).*Bivariate Pearson χ2 test testing for differences in reasons of not using palliative care services between causes of death, sex, age groups, places of death, living situations and reporting physicians. Bold denotes significant at p Reasons given by physicians for not using palliative care services (PCS) in people with an illness indicative of palliative care need and who died non-suddenly*.