Discrimination and location parameters for each item of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ).

<p>Discrimination and location parameters for each item of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire (NEQ).</p

Assessing unmet needs in patients with cancer: An investigation of differential item functioning of the Needs Evaluation Questionnaire across gender, age and phase of the disease - Fig 2

<p><b>Test Information Function of the <i>Needs Evaluation Questionnaire</i> (NEQ) across gender (a), age (b), and phase of the disease (c).</b> Latent trait (Theta) is shown on the horizontal axis. The amount of information (solid line) and the standard error (dotted line) yielded by the test at any trait level are shown on the vertical axis.</p

Test Information Function of the <i>Needs Evaluation Questionnaire</i> (NEQ).

<p>Latent trait (Theta) is shown on the horizontal axis. The amount of information (solid line) and the standard error (dotted line) yielded by the test at any trait level are shown on the vertical axis.</p

Associations of care characteristics with the two quality indicators per country.

<p>In this multivariable regression analyses, we corrected for gender, age at death, cause of death, diagnosis of dementia.</p><p>Odds ratios marked in bold are significant p<0.05.</p><p>Odds ratios marked in bold, with 1*are significant p<0.01.</p><p>Odds ratios marked in bold, with 2 **are significant p<0.001.</p>†<p>Reference category =  no palliative care provided by the GP.</p>‡<p>Reference category =  care goal considered as not so important.</p

Flowchart of the sample selection.

<p>*We excluded patients if place of residence was known for ≤15 days in the last month of life OR if place of residence was known for <30 days and a transition took place during this period.</p

Observed and standardised quality indicator (QI) scores per country.

<p>*These percentages have been standardised for gender, age, cause of death and diagnosis of dementia.</p>†<p>These patients were excluded from our study (see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0093762#pone-0093762-g001" target="_blank">Figure 1</a>).</p>‡<p>This quality indicator was only calculated when preference was known: Belgium (n = 437), the Netherlands (n = 303), Italy (n = 485) and Spain (n = 165).</p

Characteristics of the patients and of the care provided per country.

<p>*Missing values: Belgium N = 2, the Netherlands N = 6, Italy no missing values, Spain N = 7.</p>†<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 9, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain no missing values.</p>‡<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 1, the Netherlands N = 2, Italy N = 39, Spain N = 11.</p>§<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 14, the Netherlands N = 18, Italy N = 21, Spain N = 11.</p>||<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 1, the Netherlands N = 16, Italy N = 4, Spain N = 32.</p>¶<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 90, the Netherlands N = 88, Italy N = 244, Spain N = 132.</p><p>**Missing values: Belgium N = 84, the Netherlands N = 94, Italy N = 219, Spain N = 146.</p>††<p>Missing values: Belgium N = 91, the Netherlands N = 86, Italy N = 342, Spain N = 112.</p