Intervention delivery
In the intervention group, an outpatient palliative care conversation occurred in 36 of 98 patients within 6 months after inclusion (36.7%). In eight patients, a conversation took place later than after 6 months. Reasons for no outpatient palliative care conversation were: transferral to a different care setting (primary care, rehabilitation centre or nursing home) (In the control group, an outpatient palliative care conversation occurred in 4 of 124 patients within 6 months after inclusion (3.2%). The occurrence of these conversations was in the intervention group statistically significantly higher than in the control group with an odds ratio of 17.42 (95% CI: 5.93–51.17), 