| Cancer | Non-cancer | ||||
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 | OR | 95%CI | p-value | OR | 95%CI | p-value |
Age (for 10 years continuous)# | 1.04 | 0.99-1.02 | 0.620 | 1.21 | 1.08-1.34 | 0.001 |
Gender (ref.= male) | 0.87 | 0.64-1.18 | 0.363 | 1.18 | 0.96-1.45 | 0.112 |
ADL and cognition (ref.= neither severely impaired in ADL nor in cognition) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Severely impaired in both ADL and cognition | 1.50 | 0.79-2.82 | 0.216 | 1.70 | 1.27-2.27 | <0.001 |
   Severely impaired in ADL, but not severely in cognition | 1.47 | 1.07-2.03 | 0.018 | 1.36 | 1.07-1.72 | 0.010 |
   Not severely impaired in ADL, but severely in cognition | 1.05 | 0.35-3.16 | 0.933 | 0.92 | 0.51-1.64 | 0.919 |
Patient's and family's preference for death at home (ref.= neither prefers at home) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Both prefer at home | 57.00 | 38.79-83.76 | <0.001 | 12.33 | 9.51-15.99 | <0.001 |
   Only the patient prefers at home | 4.69 | 3.11-7.07 | <0.001 | 2.04 | 1.48-2.80 | <0.001 |
   Only the family prefers at home | 20.07 | 12.24-32.91 | <0.001 | 11.51 | 8.56-15.99 | <0.001 |
Duration of VNS services (ref.= shortest quartile) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   2nd quartile | 0.76 | 0.50-1.15 | 0.193 | (Not selected by stepwise procedure) | ||
   3rd quartile | 0.75 | 0.50-1.13 | 0.170 |  |  |  |
   4th quartile | 0.32 | 0.21-0.49 | <0.001 |  |  |  |
Where physician is based (ref.= hospital) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Clinic | 2.68 | 1.98-3.62 | <0.001 | 1.99 | 1.62-2.45 | <0.001 |