Table 1.

Participant characteristics

Participant ID	Age	Gender	Primary Condition	Education Level	Living Arrangement	Prior Palliative Care Use	SES Proxy
1	67	Female	Advanced Heart Failure	Secondary School	Lives with daughter	Yes	Moderate
2	72	Male	Metastatic Lung Cancer	Primary School	Lives with spouse	Yes	Low
3	65	Female	End-Stage Renal Disease	No Formal Education	Independent Apartment	No	Low
4	80	Male	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)	Secondary School	Lives with extended family	No	Moderate
5	76	Female	Metastatic Breast Cancer	Diploma	Lives with spouse	Yes	Moderate
6	82	Male	Advanced Heart Failure	Secondary School	Independent Apartment	Yes	Moderate
7	70	Female	COPD	Bachelor’s	Lives with adult children	No	High
8	68	Male	End-Stage Renal Disease	Primary School	Lives alone	Yes	Low
9	74	Female	Metastatic Colon Cancer	Secondary School	Lives with spouse	Yes	Moderate
10	78	Female	Advanced Heart Failure	No Formal Education	Lives with adult children	No	Low
11	83	Male	COPD	Primary School	Lives with extended family	Yes	Low
12	69	Female	End-Stage Renal Disease	Bachelor’s	Independent Apartment	No	High
13	71	Male	Metastatic Prostate Cancer	Secondary School	Lives with spouse	No	Moderate
14	66	Female	Advanced Heart Failure	Secondary School	Lives with spouse	Yes	Moderate
15	88	Male	COPD	No Formal Education	Independent Apartment	No	Low
16	89	Female	Metastatic Ovarian Cancer	Primary School	Lives with extended family	Yes	Low
17	79	Male	End-Stage Renal Disease	Secondary School	Lives with son	Yes	Moderate
18	77	Female	Metastatic Colon Cancer	Bachelor’s	Lives with daughter	No	High