Table 3.

Parameter Estimates From Latent Class Model With Two Classes

		Class 1 (65%)		Class 2 (35%)
Attribute		Beta	SE	Beta	SE
Clear and timely information	1-star	−1.405	0.09	−0.017	0.056
	3-stars	0.401	0.068	0.104	0.052
	5-stars	1.004	0.058	−0.087	0.06
Contact with family	1-star	−0.808	0.081	−0.08	0.055
	3-stars	0.208	0.065	0.052	0.052
	5-stars	0.601	0.057	0.027	0.052
Spiritual needs	1-star	−0.747	0.075	0.02	0.054
	3-stars	0.219	0.062	0.017	0.055
	5-stars	0.528	0.053	−0.037	0.056
Treated kindly	1-star	−1.436	0.091	−0.029	0.055
	3-stars	0.333	0.071	0.062	0.052
	5-stars	1.103	0.06	−0.033	0.057
Asked enough questions	1-star	−1.208	0.082	−0.104	0.057
	3-stars	0.302	0.064	0.191	0.052
	5-stars	0.906	0.056	−0.087	0.059
Quality of life extending treatments	1-star	−1.443	0.088	−0.174	0.057
	3-stars	0.367	0.066	0.148	0.051
	5-stars	1.076	0.06	0.027	0.058
Managed pain and discomfort	1-star	−1.731	0.098	−0.123	0.06
	3-stars	0.501	0.073	0.137	0.055
	5-stars	1.231	0.06	−0.015	0.061
Cope emotionally	1-star	−1.112	0.078	−0.085	0.058
	3-stars	0.355	0.066	0.184	0.052
	5-stars	0.757	0.055	−0.099	0.059
Clean and safe space	1-star	−1.469	0.089	−0.129	0.058
	3-stars	0.356	0.068	0.248	0.05
	5-stars	1.112	0.06	−0.119	0.059
Care was well coordinated	1-star	−1.045	0.078	−0.034	0.056
	3-stars	0.278	0.064	0.198	0.052
	5-stars	0.767	0.054	−0.164	0.059
Nonmedical concerns	1-star	−0.651	0.073	−0.089	0.056
	3-stars	0.155	0.061	0.095	0.053
	5-stars	0.496	0.053	−0.006	0.056
Preferred place of death	1-star	−0.932	0.082	−0.141	0.057
	3-stars	0.273	0.068	0.181	0.05
	5-stars	0.659	0.061	−0.04	0.06
Costs were not a barrier	1-star	−0.959	0.082	−0.075	0.055
	3-stars	0.33	0.063	0.135	0.051
	5-stars	0.629	0.056	−0.06	0.057
		Class 1 (65%)
Covariates		Beta	SE
Country indicators (Ref: USA)
India		−0.253	0.126
Kenya		0.086	0.138
Singapore		0.257	0.131
UK		0.371	0.133
Monotonicity tests
Failed 1st comprehension question		−0.344	0.096
Failed 2nd comprehension question		−1.011	0.155
Locus of control
I prefer to leave all health care decisions to the doctor.		−0.165	0.087
My health depends mostly on luck.		−0.284	0.098
Time since patient died: less than 6 months		−0.098	0.041
Overall good EOL experience for patient		0.298	0.092
Communication challenges due to language		−0.154	0.046
Respondents found choice tasks hard to answer		−0.306	0.105
≤ median survey completion time		−0.506	0.087
Age > 50 yrs		0.233	0.102
Intercept		0.495	0.157

All attributes were effects-coded.

SE = Standard Error.