Table 2.

Patient case characteristics

Case	Age range	Gender	Ethnicity	Terminal conditions—as reported by participants	Living arrangements and English county*	Number of days before death anticipatory medications prescribed	Anticipatory medications used?
1	65–74	Female	White	Cancer	Living at home with family, town in Flinton	123 days	Yes
2	85–94	Male	White	Heart failure, frailty	Living at home with family, town in Westshire	5 days	No
3	75–84	Male	White	Heart failure, frailty, kidney failure	Living alone at home, town in Flinton	Alive at last interview: drugs prescribed 184 days previously	No
4	85–94	Female	White	Heart failure, cancer	Living in care home, city in Westshire	11 days	Yes
5	85–94	Male	White	Heart failure, frailty, cancer	Living in care home, town in Flinton	Alive at last interview: drugs prescribed 113 days previously	No
6	65–74	Female	White	Cancer	Living at home with family, town in Flinton	Alive at last interview: drugs prescribed 191 days previously	Yes
7	65–74	Male	White	Heart failure, frailty, Cancer	Living at home with family, village in Flinton	97 days	Yes
8	75–84	Female	White	Cancer	Living at home with family, village in Flinton	Alive at last interview: drugs prescribed 79 days previously	Yes
9	65–74	Male	White	Cancer	Living at home with family, village in Flinton	79 days	Yes
10	75–84	Female	White	Respiratory disease	Living at home with family, village in Westshire	Alive at last interview: drugs prescribed 294 days previously	No
11	75–84	Male	White	Cancer	Living at home with family, hamlet in Flinton	29 days	Yes

^aThe fictional county names of Flinton and Westshire have been used for anonymity.