Table 3. Association between GP characteristics and overall agreement with reasons to refer terminally ill patients to a specialist.

	β		95% CI	p
Confidence (per Likert scale point)	-1.65	-2.34	-0.96	0.000
Age(ref.<50)
50–59	-0.04	-0.17	0.09	0.553
60+	-0.24	-0.39	-0.08	0.002
Male Gender (ref. female)	-0.08	-0.24	0.07	0.300
Workforce (per day)	0.03	-0.03	0.09	0.281
No. of consultations per half day (per consultation)	-0.02	-0.03	0.00	0.046
No. of home visits per month (per 10 home visits)	-0.13	-0.27	0.02	0.097
Group practice (ref. Single)	0.04	-0.08	0.17	0.475
Palliative training (ref. no training)	-0.10	-0.24	0.03	0.144
Language region (ref. German)
French	0.32	0.17	0.47	0.000
Italian	-0.13	-0.41	0.14	0.346
Urban (ref. city)
Sub-urban	-0.04	-0.19	0.10	0.576
Rural/mountain	-0.15	-0.28	-0.03	0.015

Results from multiple linear regression analysis, outcome: mean score across agreement reasons to refer terminally ill patients to specialists.