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Perspectives of Primary Care Providers Toward Palliative Care for Their Patients

David Nowels, Jacqueline Jones, Carolyn T. Nowels and Daniel Matlock
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 748-758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160054
David Nowels
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (DN); the University of Colorado College of Nursing (JJ); and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (CTN, DM).
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Jacqueline Jones
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (DN); the University of Colorado College of Nursing (JJ); and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (CTN, DM).
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Carolyn T. Nowels
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (DN); the University of Colorado College of Nursing (JJ); and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (CTN, DM).
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Daniel Matlock
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora (DN); the University of Colorado College of Nursing (JJ); and the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine (CTN, DM).
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    Table 1.

    Characteristics of Respondents and Their Practice Locations

    Provider type
        Physician (DO/MD)*18
        PA1
        NP1
    Practice characteristics
        Community, single specialty8 (2 hospital owned)
        Academic-affiliated, single specialty residency8
        Large, multidisciplinary, public health safety net and large academic medical center4
    Practice location
        Suburban8
        Rural (rural/community health center)7
        Urban5
    Year respondents completed training
        Range1978–2015
        Median1998
    Time in current location (years)
        Range0.75–37
        Mean14.6
        Median14
    Patients who died in the past year (n)
        Range0–50
        Mean11.8
        Median8
    Physicians would not be surprised if this proportion of patients died in the next year
        Range1–17.5
        Mean4.9
        Median5
    • ↵* Practicing in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Internal Medicine/Pediatrics.

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David Nowels, Jacqueline Jones, Carolyn T. Nowels, Daniel Matlock
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2016, 29 (6) 748-758; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160054

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