From: End-of-life hospital referrals by out-of-hours general practitioners: a retrospective chart study
 |  | Totaln = 529 % | Referraln = 68 % | No Referraln = 461 % | P-value |
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Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Male | 53 | 47 | 54 | 0.283 |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Mean (SD) | 73 (SD 14) | 75 (SD 13) | 73 (SD14) | 0.297** |
 |  ≥ 75 | 50 | 52 | 50 | 0.795 |
Residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Home | 84 | 96 | 82 | 0.006 |
 |  Home for the elderly | 16 | 4 | 18 |  |
Disease | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Cancer | 76 | 94 | 73 | <0.001 |
 |  Heart failure | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0.743* |
 |  COPD | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.234* |
 |  Other diseases | 18 | 1 | 20 | <0.001 |
Terminal status | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Terminally ill | 73 | 54 | 75 | <0.001 |
Family | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Family available | 59 | 62 | 58 | 0.594 |
 |  Family burden | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0.455* |
Receiving professional nursing care | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Receiving professional nursing care | 41 | 12 | 46 | <0.001 |
Patients wish | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Patients’ wish to stay at home | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0.520 |
Medical aspects | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
 |  Information transfer by patients’ GP | 24 | 9 | 27 | 0.002 |
 |  Patient was receiving chemotherapy | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0.001* |
 |  Hospitalization was already planned within three days | 2 | 10 | 1 | <0.001* |
 |  Patient or family had already contacted a hospital specialist | 2 | 9 | 1 | <0.001* |