Table 3 Reasons for either or not granting the EAS request stratified for psychiatric disorder, dementia, and/or an accumulation of health problems
|  | Deceased with a psychiatric disorder (n = 183) %1 | Deceased with dementia (n = 803) %1 | Deceased with an accumulation of health problems (n = 918) %1 | All deceased patients who died non-suddenly (n = 5361) %1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reasons for the physician to grant the request and perform euthanasia* | N = 24 | N = 22 | N = 80 | N = 845 |
 No prospect of improvement | 87.3 | 94.6 | 83.4 | 81.9 |
 Autonomy of the patient | 85.8 | 72.4 | 81.0 | 80.7 |
 (Severe) symptoms other than pain | 75.4 | 26.2 | 48.7 | 61.2 |
 Loss of dignity | 32.0 | 73.7 | 54.8 | 59.1 |
  (Severe) pain | 20.3 | 12.6 | 34.9 | 40.4 |
 Expected suffering of the patient | 53.5 | 49.1 | 30.9 | 44.3 |
 Further treatment would be too burdensome | 21.6 | 21.4 | 22.2 | 14.5 |
 Other | 11.0 | 15.5 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
Reasons for the request not resulting in euthanasia* | N = 14 | N = 9 | N = 36 | N = 273 |
 Patient died before the request could be granted | 13.0 | 8.1 | 23.5 | 53.1 |
 The criteria for due care were not met* | 44.4 | 76.1 | 70.6 | 32.1 |
  No well-considered request | 34.8 | 59.8 | 32.4 | 16.2 |
  No unbearable suffering | 18.1 | 16.3 | 40.5 | 12.0 |
  No hopeless suffering | 16.8 | 16.3 | 13.5 | 5.1 |
  No voluntary request | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.7 |
  Generally | 8.3 | 10.1 | 5.6 | 4.3 |
 Patient withdrew the request | 18.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 17.4 |
 Physician never willing to perform euthanasia | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 2.1 |
 Other | 29.0 | 21.5 | 14.7 | 9.4 |