^aNursing homes in the Netherlands are facilities for vulnerable older and other persons, where medical care is provided by on-site nursing home physicians.^{44 b}Missing: n = 11 (2.0%). ^cMissing: n = 9 (1.6%). ^dMissing: n = 19 (3.5%). ^eResponder is specialist in palliative care by ‘specialist palliative care’ education, is working as a hospice physician, or reports other expertise in palliative care. ^f‘Surprise Question’: Would you be surprised if this patient would die in the next year? ^gMissing: n = 39 (7.1%). ^hPhysicians could answer on a four-point scale: ‘always’, ‘often’, ‘sometimes’, ‘never’. ‘Always’ or ‘often’, and ‘sometimes’ or ‘never’ answers were combined in this table. ⁱMissing: n = 32 (5.9%). ^jDegree of urbanisation is based on ZIP code of work setting, related to environmental address density;⁴⁵ 1) extremely urbanised (environmental address density of ≥2500 addresses per km²); 2) strongly urbanised (1500–2500 addresses per km²); 3) moderately urbanised (1000–1500 addresses per km²); 4) hardly urbanised (500–1000 addresses per km²); 5) not urbanised (<500 addresses per km²). HP = hospital physician. NHP = nursing home physician.