Table 1

Triple congruency measure of patients’ wishes (eg, do you/does the patient want to be resuscitated?)

Patient	Surrogate	Physician	Congruency
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
No	No	No	Yes
Yes	Yes	Missing	Yes
No	No	Missing	Yes
Yes	Missing	Yes	Yes
No	Missing	No	Yes
Missing	Yes	Yes	Yes
Missing	No	No	Yes
Leave decision	Leave decision	Leave decision	Yes
Leave decision	Leave decision	Missing	Yes
Missing	Leave decision	Leave decision	Yes
Leave decision	Missing	Leave decision	Yes
Yes	No	Yes	No
Yes	No	No	No
No	Yes	Yes	No
No	No	Yes	No
No	Yes	No	No
Yes	No	Missing	No
No	Yes	Missing	No
Yes	Missing	No	No
No	Missing	Yes	No
Missing	Yes	No	No
Missing	No	Yes	No
Not decided	Not decided/don’t know	Not decided/don’t know	No
Not decided	Not decided/don’t know	Missing	No
Not decided	Missing	Not decided/don’t know	No
Missing	Not decided/don’t know	Not decided/don’t know	No
Yes/no/leave decision/not decided/don’t know	Missing	Missing	Missing
Missing	Yes/no/leave decision/not decided/don’t know	Missing	Missing
Missing	Missing	Yes/no/leave decision/not decided/don’t know	Missing

Yes: patient agrees to (or surrogate or treating physician reports that the patient wants to) be resuscitated or intubated or dialysed, or tube fed or getting antibiotics or intravenous fluids or being sedated. Participants were also asked for their preferred last place of care.
No: patient refuses to (or surrogate or treating physician reports that the patient refuses to) be resuscitated or intubated or dialysed or tube fed or getting antibiotics or intravenous fluids or being sedated.
Leave decision: patients (or surrogate or treating physician reports that the patient wants to) leave the decision to the surrogate or the physician.
Not decided/don’t know: patients do not (or surrogate or treating physician reports that the patient did not) decide or do not know what to decide.
Last place of care: patient expressed ‘preferred last place of care’ (home, hospice/nursing home, hospital, intensive care unit), knowledge of surrogate and physician of patient’s preferred last place of care.