Association between education and: Place of death and use of specialist palliative care.

Squares show ORs for the least educated group compared to the most educated group; diamonds show pooled effects using random-effects models. Place of death (death in hospital versus death at home/hospice/LTC) and use of specialist palliative care (not accessing specialist palliative care in the last year of life versus accessing). ORs have been standardised so that >1 indicates that the least educated have higher odds of a worse outcome than the best educated. LTC, long-term care; OR, odds ratio; SEP, socioeconomic position.