Table 4.

Logistic regression comparing factors associated with those who attended unscheduled care in the last year of life and those who did not

Factor	N	Unscheduled care usersn (%)	Univariate OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age, per yeara	2443	1904 (77.9)	1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)	1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)
Sex
Female	1165	918 (48.2)	1	1
Male	1278	986 (51.8)	0.91 (0.75 to 1.10)	0.88 (0.71 to 1.09)
Remotenessb
Urban	1588	1268 (79.8)	1	1
Rural	587	421 (71.7)	0.64 (0.52 to 0.80)	0.64 (0.50 to 0.82)
Remote	235	191 (81.3)	1.10 (0.77 to 1.55)	1.09 (0.76 to 1.57)
Deprivationb
SIMD1 (deprived)	469	372 (79.3)	1	1
SIMD2	528	430 (81.4)	1.47 (0.66 to 3.27)	1.17 (0.82 to 1.67)
SIMD3	447	329 (73.6)	1.70 (0.76 to 3.80)	0.90 (0.64 to 1.26)
SIMD4	495	392 (79.2)	1.17 (0.53 to 2.59)	1.05 (0.75 to 1.46)
SIMD5 (affluent)	471	357 (75.8)	1.32 (0.60 to 2.89)	0.85 (0.61 to 1.19)
Cancer type
Lung	672	529 (78.7)	1	1
Upper GI	514	385 (74.9)	0.83 (0.60 to 1.14)	0.82 (0.62 to 1.09)
Bowel	303	244 (80.5)	0.67 (0.48 to 0.93)	1.14 (0.80 to 1.62)
Breast and ovarian	237	181 (76.4)	0.93 (0.63 to 1.36)	0.84 (0.57 to 1.23)
Prostate	99	81 (81.8)	0.72 (0.49 to 1.08)	1.32 (0.75 to 2.33)
Haematological	241	176 (73.0)	1.01 (0.57 to 1.79)	0.74 (0.52 to 1.04)
Other	377	308 (81.7)	0.61 (0.41 to 0.89)	1.27 (0.91 to 1.76)
Diagnosed in the last year of life
Yes	1709	1334 (78.1)	1	1
No	734	570 (77.7)	1.02 (0.83 to 1.26)	0.99 (0.79 to 1.24)

^aAge is used as a continuous variable, and the unit used was ‘per year’ with the odds ratio given being the change in odds per year of life.

^bData for deprivation and remoteness missing for 33 patients. GI = gastrointestinal. OR = odds ratio. SIMD = Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.¹⁵