Health service use
Study	Outcomes	Notes
Grande 1999	General practitioner (GP) workload in penultimate week of life –visits, mean (standard deviation (SD)) Daytime during the week Intervention group: 2.18 (1.73); control group: 2.32 (2.42) Daytime during the weekend Intervention group: 0.35 (0.81); control group: 0.39 (0.68) Evening home visits Intervention group: 0.17 (0.46); control group: 0.61 (1.42); P < 0.05 Night visits Intervention group: 0.04 (0.20); control group: 0.26 (0.55); P < 0.001 GP workload in last week of life –visits, mean (SD) Daytime during the week Intervention group: 2.92 (2.2); control group: 3.03 (3.18) Daytime during the weekend Intervention group: 0.63 (1.07); control group: 0.95 (1.56) Evening home visits Intervention group: 0.59 (0.91); control group: 1.11 (1.56) Night time visits Intervention group: 0.47 (0.82); control group: 0.63 (1.10)	Penultimate week of life Intervention group: 150–151 participants; control group: 37–38 participants Final week of life Intervention group: 150–151 participants; control group: 38 participants
Hughes 1992	Veterans Administration (VA) services at 6 months, mean (SD) General bed days Intervention group: 5.63 (10); control group: 12.06 (15.2); mean difference (MD) 6.43 days (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.55 to 10.3); P = 0.002 All hospital days Intervention group: 9.94 (13.3); control group: 15.86 (20.1); MD 5.92 (95% CI 0.78 to 11); P = 0.03	Intervention group: 86 participants; control group: 85 participants
Jordhøy 2000	Mean length of hospital admission, mean (SD) Intervention group: 10.5 days (7.3); control group: 11.5 days (8.9)	Intervention group: 235 participants; control group: 199 participants