Table 4. Associations of care characteristics with the two quality indicators per country.

	BELGIUM		THE NETHERLANDS		ITALY		SPAIN
	Home death	Preference met	Home death	Preference met	Home death	Preference met	Home death	Preference met
	(N = 1036)	(N = 437)	(N = 512)	(N = 303)	(N = 1639)	(N = 485)	(N = 565)	(N = 165)
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
GP provided palliative care †	8.37 (5.7–12.2)**	4.14 (2.4–7.1)**	13.23 (7.2–24.4)**	6.63 (2.6–17.1)**	1.55 (1.2–2.0)*	2.30 (1.4–3.9)*	3.80 (2.3–6.3)**	3.87 (0.9–16.8)
Cure is a (very) important care goal in week 2–4 before death ‡	0.57 (0.3–1.0)	0.80 (0.4–1.8)	0.43 (0.2–1.2)	1.42 (0.2–8.1)	0.81 (0.6–1.2)	0.88 (0.4–1.8)	0.48 (0.2–0.9)	0.39 (0.1–2.3)
Prolonging life is a (very) important care goal in week 2–4 before death ‡	0.75 (0.5–1.1)	0.78 (0.4–1.5)	0.56 (0.3–1.1)	0.52 (0.2–1.6)	0.75 (0.6–1.0)	0.65 (0.4–1.8)	0.41 (0.2–0.7)*	0.58 (0.1–3.3)
Palliation is a (very) important care goal in week 2–4 before death ‡	0.93 (0.6–1.4)	0.94 (0.5–1.8)	1.01 (0.4–2.4)	0.89 (0.2–3.8)	1.03 (0.8–1.3)	1.25 (0.7–2.1)	0.90 (0.5–1.5)	0.32 (0.1–1.7)

In this multivariable regression analyses, we corrected for gender, age at death, cause of death, diagnosis of dementia.

Odds ratios marked in bold are significant p<0.05.

Odds ratios marked in bold, with 1*are significant p<0.01.

Odds ratios marked in bold, with 2 **are significant p<0.001.

^†Reference category =  no palliative care provided by the GP.

^‡Reference category =  care goal considered as not so important.