Table 2.

Explanatory Variables by Outcome Variables and Full Sample, EEPCI/IARE Merged Data.

Explanatory variables	Pref for home death n = 274	Home death n = 141	Died in preferred place n = 196	Full sample n = 351
Patient age
Mean	77.7	74.7	74.3	77.0
95% CI	[76.392-79.097]	[72.628-76.762]	[72.508-76.012]	[75.807-78.250]
Women, %	48.9	51.8	52.6	50.4
Number of informal carers, %
0 informal carer	4.0	1.4	2.0	4.0
1 informal carer	27.7	29.8	32.1	29.1
2/more informal carers	68.3	68.8	65.8	67.0
Living alone, %	16.4	9.9	15.8	18.8
Female carer, %	68.3	68.8	66.8	66.7
Carer age
Mean	56.5	56.1	56.4	56.8
95% CI	[54.945-57.974]	[54.029-58.213]	[54.633-58.225]	[55.443-58.169]
Main diagnosis cancer, %	63.1	75.9	75.5	64.4
Mobility at 3 months, %
No problems	17.9	16.3	16.3	17.7
Some/lots of problems	82.1	83.7	83.7	82.3
Pain at 3 months, %
No pain	32.9	36.9	38.8	33.6
Some/lots of pain	67.2	63.1	61.2	66.4
Anxiety at 3 months, %
No anxiety	38.7	42.1	41.0	39.4
Some/lots of anxiety	61.3	57.9	59.0	60.6
Healthcare utilisation last 3 months, %
Inpatient – one/more nights	75.2	71.2	73.0	76.6
Hospice – one/more nights	9.5	9.9	14.3	12.5
Nursing home – one/more nights	15.0	16.3	17.4	16.5
Homecare – one/more hours per week	32.5	36.9	34.2	30.5
Site, %
Dublin	44.5	22.0	28.6	45.6
Midlands	22.6	34.0	29.6	21.1
Mid-West	18.6	24.8	24.0	19.1
South-East	14.6	19.2	17.9	14.3

Source: EEPCI and IARE I merged dataset.

Notes: Descriptive statistics on the explanatory variables by each of the outcome variables are based on the sample of observations included in each of the regressions in Table 3. Descriptive statistics on the explanatory variables for the full sample is based on the analysis sample included in the congruence regression model, excluding observations with missing values on outcome and explanatory variables, total n = 351.