Table 2.

Logistic regression identifying characteristics associated with referral to PC for ACP/GOC

Characteristic	Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Age	1.02 (1.01, 1.02)	<0.0001
Sex:
Female	1.0
Male	1.12 (1.07, 1.16)	<0.0001
Palliative Performance Scale score	0.99 (0.99, 0.99)	<0.0001
Primary diagnosis:
Cancer	1.0
Cardiovascular disease	1.33 (1.23, 1.43)	<0.0001
Pulmonary disease	1.22 (1.13, 1.31)	<0.0001
Neurologic disease	1.00 (0.93, 1.08)	0.98
Other	1.15 (1.09, 1.21)	<0.0001
Level of care at time of referral:
Medical/surgical unit	1.0
Critical care unit	1.54 (1.45, 1.63)	<0.0001
Telemetry/step-down unit	1.63 (1.55, 1.73)	<0.0001
Other	0.78 (0.73, 0.84)	<0.0001
Code status:
Full code	1.0
Partial code	0.95 (0.87, 1.04)	0.30
DNR/DNI	0.60 (0.57, 0.63)	<0.0001
PC team	Data not included	<0.0001