Table 4 Logistic regression models for each of the medication types

Odds Ratio

[95% Conf. Interval]

P value

Specialized palliative care

12.37

8.05-19.00

< 0.001

Heart failure

0.67

0.54–0.84

< 0.001

Cancer

1.36

1.02–1.81

0.038

Age

1.03

1.02–1.04

< 0.001

Sex

1.07

0.89–1.29

0.496

Length of stay

1.80

1.06–1.09

< 0.001

Odds Ratio

[95% Conf. Interval]

P value

Specialized palliative care

5.73

4.65–7.07

< 0.001

Heart failure

0.81

0.66–0.97

0.026

Cancer

1.24

0.92–1.67

0.156

Age

0.99

0.99–0.99

0.006

Sex

0.95

0.81–1.12

0.508

Length of stay

1.04

1.03–1.04

< 0.001

Odds Ratio

[95% Conf. Interval]

P value

Specialized palliative care

4.07

3.35–4.94

< 0.001

Heart failure

0.67

0.54–0.86

0.001

Cancer

1.04

0.72–1.49

0.851

Age

1.00

0.99–1.01

0.692

Sex

1.06

0.88–1.27

0.559

Length of stay

1.01

1.00-1.02

0.031

Odds Ratio

[95% Conf. Interval]

P value

Specialized palliative care

2.66

2.18–3.26

< 0.001

Heart failure

1.07

0.86–1.33

0.517

Cancer

1.11

0.79–1.55

0.532

Age

1.02

1.01–1.03

< 0.001

Sex

0.72

0.59–0.87

0.001

Length of stay

1.03

1.03–1.04

< 0.001