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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2020 Jun 12;126(16):3777–3787. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33001

Table 3.

Analysis of Demographic Factors and Perspectives Significantly Impacting WHO Alignment

Demographic Category Mean WHO Alignment (%) Univariate model (p-value) Multivariate Model (p-value) Percent Difference (% Alignment)

Age 0.067 Not significant 3%
<35 years 68%
>35 years 71%
Sex 0.066 Not significant 4%
Female 71%
Male 67%
Primary medical specialty 0.001 Not significant 12%
Adult/pediatric palliative care specialists 81%
All others 69%
Years of experience 0.034 Not significant 4%
0–10 67%
11+ 71%
Palliative care education <.001 0.002 7%
Yes 75%
No 68%
Access to consultation .043 Not significant 3%
Yes 71%
No 68%
Patients died in care in last 12 months 0.038 0.047 5%
0–5 69%
6+ 74%
Country Individual countries 0.002 0.001 See Figure 2