Table 2

Associations between home death and model variables.

	Unadjusted PR (95% CI)	Adjusted PR (95% CI)
Age of patient, years
18–65	1.0	1.0
≥66	1.3 (1.0 to 1.7)^a	1.1 (0.8 to 1.5)

Sex of patient
Male	1.0	1.0
Female	0.8 (0.7 to 1.0)	0.8 (0.6 to 1.1)

Primary cancer diagnosis
Bronchus/lung	1.0	1.0
Colon/rectum	1.1 (0.8 to 1.5)	1.2 (0.9 to 1.8)
Breast	1.1 (0.8 to 1.6)	1.3 (0.9 to 2.0)
Prostate	1.3 (0.9 to 1.7)	1.3 (1.0 to 1.8)^a
Other	1.0 (0.8 to 1.3)	1.2 (0.9 to 1.6)

Patient's marital status
Single	1.0	1.0
Married	1.0 (0.9 to 1.3)	1.0 (0.8 to 1.2)

Children
No	1.0	1.0
Yes, living at home	0.9 (0.6 to 1.3)	1.0 (0.6 to 1.5)
Yes, adults	1.0 (0.7 to 1.3)	1.0 (0.7 to 1.4)

GP knowledge prior to palliative period
Poor	1.0	1.0
Well	1.2 (0.9 to 1.7)	0.9 (0.6 to 1.3)

Home visits by GP
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	3.5 (1.9 to 6.4)^a	4.5 (1.3 to 15.6)^a

Unplanned home visits by GP
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.2 (0.9 to 1.4)	1.0 (0.8 to 1.2)

GP gave private number to patient to use in out-of-office hours
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.2 (1.0 to 1.5)^a	1.1 (0.9 to 1.3)

GP had contact with relatives
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.3 (0.9 to 1.9)	1.2 (0.8 to 1.8)

Community nurse involvement
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.8 (1.4 to 2.2)^a	1.3 (1.0 to 1.8)^a

Specialist team involvement
No	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.2 (1.0 to 1.5)^a	1.1 (0.9 to 1.4)