Table 3.

Factors associate with the utilization of family meeting

	Use of family meetings			Initiation time1
	OR	LCL	UCL	ß	s.e	p-value
Age (reference = 66–85)
≤ 6	0.559	0.420	0.744	0.295	0.194	0.1290
7–12	0.845	0.635	1.126	-0.152	0.190	0.4251
13–18	0.746	0.613	0.907	-0.331	0.132	0.0119
19–40	0.848	0.805	0.893	-0.184	0.034	< 0.0001
41–65	0.989	0.97	1.009	-0.107	0.013	< 0.0001
≥ 86	1.044	1.026	1.062	0.201	0.014	< 0.0001
Gender (reference = male)
Female	1.044	1.026	1.062	-0.002	0.011	0.8503
Marital status (reference = single)
Married	1.155	1.118	1.194	-0.047	0.022	0.0296
Divorced	1.128	1.084	1.175	-0.010	0.026	0.7099
Widowed	1.098	1.058	1.139	-0.002	0.024	0.9370
Poverty (reference = no)
Yes	1.057	1.024	1.091	0.236	0.021	< 0.0001
Urbanization level(reference = rural)
Urban	1.197	1.173	1.222	0.003	0.014	0.8413
Rural
Medical condition (reference = none of cancer and major illnesses)
Cancer	3.992	3.912	4.074	0.580	0.014	< 0.0001
Major illness	2.737	2.679	2.797	0.946	0.014	< 0.0001
Site of first family meeting (reference = public hospitals)
Not-for-profit hospitals	--	--	--	-0.036	0.011	0.0014
Private Hospitals	--	--	--	0.049	0.020	0.0158
Level (reference = medical center)
Regional hospital	--	--	--	0.121	0.012	< 0.0001
Community hospital and clinics	--	--	--	0.217	0.019	< 0.0001

¹log transformation; OR: odds ratio; LCL: lower control limit; UCL: upper control limit; S.E.: standard error