Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios, Stratified by Stage

	Registered in a palliative care program Stage I, II, III	Stage IV
Comorbidities
0	1.00	1.00
1	0.77 (0.4–1.7)	1.48 (0.6–3.6)
2+	0.90 (0.4–2.0)	1.45 (0.6–3.6)
Stage
I	1.00	–
II	1.21 (0.4–4.3)	–
III	1.15 (0.3–4.1)	–
Unknown	2.04 (0.5–8.2)	–
Income
<30 k	1.00	1.00
30,000–44,999	0.89 (0.4–2.0)	0.56 (0.2–1.3)
>45 k	2.74 (1.1–6.9)a	0.68 (0.3–1.8)
Missing	0.33 (0.6–1.9)	2.45 (0.2–31.3)
Age
<65	1.00	1.00
65–74	0.72 (0.3–1.9)	0.89 (0.3–2.3)
75–84	1.12 (0.4–2.9)	0.36 (0.2–0.9)
85+	0.36 (0.1–1.0)	0.13 (0.04–0.4)
Sex
Male	1.00	1.00
Female	1.01 (0.5–1.9)	0.62 (0.3–1.2)
Long-term care residency
No	1.00	1.00
Yes	0.11 (0.04–0.3)	0.34 (0.08–1.6)
Distance
0–10 km	1.00	1.00
10–20 km	0.93 (0.4–2.3)	0.92 (0.4–2.3)
20+ km	0.23 (0.1–0.5)	0.21 (0.1–0.5)
ER visits during the last 30 days of life
0	1.00	1.00
1+	0.62 (0.3–1.4)	0.75 (0.3–1.7)
Location of death
Out of hospital	1.00	1.00
In hospital	0.74 (0.4–1.5)	0.36 (0.2–8)
N	2.99	2,303
Pseudo R-squared	0.2753	0.1796
Log likelihood	104.16	54.66

^aBold figures indicate statistical significance at p<0.05.