Table 4.
Effects of family meetings on the end-of-life care
| Use of end-of-life care | Use of end-of-life care | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HPC | CPR | HPC | CPR | ||||||||||
| OR | LCL | UCL | OR | LCL | UCL | OR | LCL | UCL | OR | LCL | UCL | ||
| Use of family meeting (reference = No) | 4.949*** | 4.856 | 5.044 | 0.208*** | 0.199 | 0.218 | |||||||
| Initiation time of 1st family meeting (reference = < 15 days) | |||||||||||||
| 16–30 | 1.612*** | 1.535 | 1.692 | 0.170*** | 0.136 | 0.213 | |||||||
| 31–45 | 1.727*** | 1.630 | 1.831 | 0.371*** | 0.302 | 0.457 | |||||||
| 46–60 | 1.698*** | 1.585 | 1.818 | 0.610*** | 0.496 | 0.751 | |||||||
| 61–90 | 1.469*** | 1.377 | 1.566 | 0.627*** | 0.518 | 0.760 | |||||||
| 91–180 | 1.353*** | 1.275 | 1.437 | 0.862 | 0.737 | 1.008 | |||||||
| > 181 | 0.828*** | 0.781 | 0.877 | 1.187* | 1.041 | 1.355 | |||||||
| Age (reference = 66–85) | |||||||||||||
| ≤ 6 | 0.932 | 0.762 | 1.140 | 3.782*** | 3.356 | 4.261 | 1.286 | 0.701 | 2.358 | 1.760 | 0.531 | 5.831 | |
| 7–12 | 0.903 | 0.713 | 1.144 | 3.476*** | 2.943 | 4.104 | 2.337* | 1.186 | 4.605 | 1.615 | 0.38 | 6.856 | |
| 13–18 | 0.840* | 0.714 | 0.988 | 4.799*** | 4.37 | 5.270 | 0.963 | 0.634 | 1.461 | 2.884** | 1.348 | 6.173 | |
| 19–40 | 1.015 | 0.973 | 1.058 | 2.265*** | 2.193 | 2.339 | 1.290*** | 1.153 | 1.443 | 1.268 | 0.949 | 1.694 | |
| 41–65 | 1.280*** | 1.259 | 1.300 | 1.517*** | 1.491 | 1.543 | 1.271*** | 1.218 | 1.326 | 1.069 | 0.947 | 1.207 | |
| ≥ 86 | 0.942*** | 0.924 | 0.961 | 0.519*** | 0.509 | 0.529 | 0.969 | 0.925 | 1.014 | 0.575*** | 0.502 | 0.659 | |
| Female (reference = male) | 1.269*** | 1.251 | 1.288 | 0.989 | 0.975 | 1.004 | 1.156*** | 1.115 | 1.200 | 0.977 | 0.880 | 1.085 | |
| Marital status (reference = single) | |||||||||||||
| Married | 1.073*** | 1.044 | 1.102 | 1.209*** | 1.179 | 1.24 | 1.022 | 0.950 | 1.098 | 1.008 | 0.828 | 1.227 | |
| Divorced | 0.981 | 0.949 | 1.015 | 1.024 | 0.992 | 1.055 | 1.004 | 0.920 | 1.097 | 1.181 | 0.937 | 1.488 | |
| Widowed | 0.934*** | 0.906 | 0.964 | 0.994 | 0.965 | 1.023 | 0.935 | 0.863 | 1.013 | 0.926 | 0.743 | 1.155 | |
| Poverty (reference = no) | 0.859*** | 0.835 | 0.884 | 0.913*** | 0.889 | 0.938 | 0.829*** | 0.774 | 0.888 | 1.095 | 0.918 | 1.307 | |
| Rural (reference = urban) | 1.559*** | 1.532 | 1.587 | 0.940*** | 0.925 | 0.954 | 1.048* | 1.001 | 1.097 | 0.871* | 0.767 | 0.988 | |
|
Medical condition (reference = none of cancer and major illnesses) |
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| Cancer | 19.004*** | 18.652 | 19.362 | 0.172*** | 0.168 | 0.176 | 5.395*** | 5.157 | 5.644 | 0.267*** | 0.235 | 0.304 | |
| Major illness | 3.184*** | 3.118 | 3.252 | 0.485*** | 0.477 | 0.493 | 1.219*** | 1.162 | 1.279 | 0.550*** | 0.488 | 0.619 | |
| Site of first family meeting (reference = public hospitals) | |||||||||||||
| Not-for-profit hospitals | 1.330*** | 1.283 | 1.379 | 0.867** | 0.779 | 0.964 | |||||||
| Private Hospitals | 0.808*** | 0.755 | 0.865 | 1.488*** | 1.258 | 1.761 | |||||||
| Level (reference = medical center) | |||||||||||||
| Regional hospital | 0.897*** | 0.864 | 0.931 | 1.041 | 0.932 | 1.161 | |||||||
| Community hospital and clinics | 0.368*** | 0.346 | 0.391 | 0.739** | 0.619 | 0.881 | |||||||
OR: odds ratio; LCL: lower control limit; UCL: upper control limit; S.E.: standard error; *p < 0.05;**p < 0.01;***p < 0.001