General practitioner % (95% CI)* | Medical specialist % (95% CI)* | Nursing-home physician % (95% CI)* | Total % (95% CI)* | |
All physicians studied | n = 264 | n = 527 | n = 212 | n = 1032† |
Sufficiently informed about the Act | 93 (90 to 95) | 87 (84 to 90) | 97 (94 to 98) | 92 (90 to 93) |
Received request for euthanasia or assisted suicide after enforcement of the Act | 83 (78 to 87) | 62 (58 to 66) | 68 (62 to 74) | 75 (73 to 78) |
Received request after enforcement of Act | n = 219 | n = 335 | n = 145 | n = 714‡ |
Problems with the criteria of due care | 28 (22 to 34) | 14 (10 to 18) | 35 (27 to 43) | 25 (22 to 28) |
*Percentages weighted for different sampling fractions and response rates.
†For 29 physicians the specialty was unknown.
‡For 15 physicians the specialty was unknown.