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Table 3 Characteristics of patients described by 93 PaTz-participants and 142 non-PaTz-participants in the Netherlands

From: The association between PaTz and improved palliative care in the primary care setting: a cross-sectional survey

Characteristicsa

Total

(n = 235)

PaTz

(n = 93)

No PaTz (n = 142)

Crude ORb

(95% CI)

Adjusted ORc

(95%CI)

Age at death (years)

 65 or younger (ref)

71 (31%)

28 (31%)

43 (31%)

1

1

 66–75

60 (26%)

29 (32%)

31 (22%)

1.44 (0.72–2.88)

1.12 (0.51–2.43)

 76–85

60 (26%)

20 (22%)

40 (29%)

0.77 (0.38–1.57)

0.69 (0.31–1.53)

 86 or older

40 (17%)

14 (15%)

26 (19%)

0.83 (0.37–1.85)

0.73 (0.29–1.85)

Gender (% female)

55%

53

55

0.92 (0.54–1.6)

0.76 (0.42–1.4)

Diagnosis

 Cancer (ref)

153 (65%)

65 (70%)

88 (62%)

1

1

 Cardiovascular disease

4 (2%)

2 (2%)

2 (1%)

1.4 (0.19–9.9)

0.83 (0.07–10.3)

 COPD

8 (3%)

3 (3%)

5 (4%)

0.81 (0.19–3.5)

1.3 (0.26–6.0)

 Stroke

3 (1%)

0

3 (2%)

0

0

 Dementia

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

1.4 (0.08–22.1)

1.3 (0.06–30.5)

 Frailty/age-related decline

10 (4%)

3 (3%)

7 (5%)

0.58 (0.14–2.3)

1.2 (0.27–5.3)

 Multi-morbidity

53 (23%)

18 (19%)

35 (25%)

0.70 (0.36–1.3)

0.81 (0.39–1.7)

 Other

2 (1%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

1.4 (0.08–22.1)

3.5 (0.21–58.3)

Setting

 Home (ref)

191 (90%)

75 (89%)

116 (90%)

1

1

 Residential care home

12 (6%)

3 (4%)

9 (7%)

0.52 (0.14–2.0)

0.27 (0.06–1.2)

 Hospice

10 (5%)

6 (7%)

4 (3%)

2.3 (0.63–8.5)

2.0 (0.48–8.4)

  1. aMissing data < 2% for each variable
  2. bOR = Odds ratio
  3. cAdjusted for healthcare providers’ profession (GP or DN) and employment (part-time or full-time)