Table 3.

Healthcare indicators, 14 days before death.

	Primary palliative care			Specialized palliative homecare			Total			Primary palliative care vs Specialized palliative homecare
	All	Non-cancer	Cancer	All	Non-cancer	Cancer	All	Non-cancer	Cancer	PP	p-Value
Patients receiving palliative homecare 14 days before death
n	11,783	5141	6629	7123	1065	6058	18,906	6219	12,687
%	62.32	43.74	56.26	37.68	14.95	85.05	100.00	32.89	67.11
Place of death, hospital
n	4232	1219	3013	1338	90	1248	5570	1309	4261		<0.0001
%	35.92	23.65	45.45	18.78	8.45	20.60	29.46	21.05	33.59	17.14
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	4.541 [4.178–4.936]
Odds ratio non-cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]		5.446 [4.274–6.938]			5.446 [4.274–6.938]						Interaction primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare and non-cancer vs cancer p = 0.1150
Odds ratio cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]			4.435 [4.061–4.884]			4.435 [4.061–4.884]
Hospital care
n	3036	951	2085	1114	93	1021	4150	1044	3106		<0.0001
%	25.77	18.45	31.45	15.64	8.73	16.85	21.95	16.79	24.48	10.13
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	2.720 [2.499–2.961]
Odds ratio non-cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]		3.060 [2.424–3.864]			3.060 [2.424–3.864]						Interaction primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare and non-cancer vs cancer p = 0.2856
Odds ratio cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]			2.673 [2.441–2.926]			2.673 [2.441–2.926]
Intensive care treatment
n	516	192	324	61	11	50	577	203	374		<0.0001
%	4.38	3.73	4.89	0.86	1.03	0.83	3.05	3.26	2.95	3.52
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	6.749 [5.110–8.912]
Odds ratio non-cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]		5.005 [2.699–9.282]			5.005 [2.699–9.282]						Interaction primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare and non-cancer vs cancer p = .3019
Odds ratio cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]			7.190 [5.282–9.787]			7.190 [5.282–9.787]
Chemotherapy
Cancer patients			6629			6058			12,687
n			411			221			632		<0.0001
%			6.20			3.65			4.98	2.55
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	2.173 [1.823–2.591]
Parenteral nutrition
Patients without gastrointestinal cancer or corresponding metastases	8637	5141	3496	3704	1065	2639	12,341	6219	6135
n	48	20	28	75	4	71	123	24	99		<0.0001
%	0.56	0.39	0.80	2.02	0.38	2.69	1.00	0.39	1.61	–1.46
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	0.477 [0.323–0.705]
Odds ratio non-cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]		1.553 [0.521–4.629]			1.553 [0.521–4.629]						Interaction primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare and non-cancer vs cancer p = 0.0164
Odds ratio cancer other than gastrointestinal or corresponding metastases, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]			0.368 [0.233–0.581]			0.368 [0.233–0.581]
Insertion or change of a PEG
Patients without gastrointestinal cancer or corresponding metastases	8637	5141	3496	3704	1065	2639	12,341	6219	6135
n	41	25	16	5	1	4	46	26	20		0.0045
%	0.47	0.49	0.46	0.13	0.09	0.15	0.37	0.42	0.33	0.34
Odds ratio primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]	4.476 [1.717–11.666]
Odds ratio non-cancer, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]		7.185 [0.961–53.715]			7.185 [0.961–53.715]						Interaction primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare and non-cancer vs cancer p = 0.5715
Odds ratio cancer other than gastrointestinal or corresponding metastases, primary palliative care vs specialized palliative homecare [CI]			3.716 [1.229–11.229]			3.716 [1.229–11.229]

CI: confidence interval; PEG: percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; PP: percentage points difference; SD: standard deviation.