Reasons given by physicians for not using specialist palliative care services (PCS) controlled for cause of death, place of death, sex and age: multivariate analyses.

Abbreviations: PCS = palliative care services; n/a = not applicable because no cases.* Complex samples multivariate logistic regression analyses with palliative care services as dependent variable (no referral vs referral) cause of death, place of death, sex and age as independent variables.†Complex samples multivariate logistic regression analyses with reasons for non-referral as dependent variable (indicated vs not indicated) and cause of death, place of death, sex and age as independent variables.Bold denotes significant at pReasons given by physicians for not using specialist palliative care services (PCS) controlled for cause of death, place of death, sex and age: multivariate analyses.