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. 2016 Dec 1;19(12):1296–1303. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0121

Table 5.

Clinical Correlates of Patient-Recalled Physician Life-Expectancy Estimates Accurate to within 12 Months of the Patients' Actual Death

  Univariable analysis
Baseline characteristics Odds (95% CI) p
End-of-life discussion 4.22 (1.45–12.29) 0.008
Terminal illness acknowledgment 3.03 (1.11–8.27) 0.03
Would want doctor to tell life expectancy 12.20 (2.24–66.59) 0.004
Extend life preference 0.37 (0.12–1.10) 0.07
Completed do-not-resuscitate order 2.94 (1.03–8.41) 0.04
Prefer feeding tube 0.36 (0.13–1.00) 0.05
Prefer chemotherapy 0.26 (0.07–0.96) 0.04
Prefer antibiotics 0.30 (0.10–0.93) 0.04
Use of palliative chemotherapy 0.30 (0.11–0.85) 0.02
Enrollment in clinical trial 0.09 (0.02–0.50) 0.006