Palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care, England 2021
Patterns of care near the end of life related to 4 major conditions: cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia and respiratory disease.
Applies to England
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The update for August 2023 has been published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).
This update includes a new publication of a palliative and end of life care factsheet: Patterns of care near end of life.
These experimental statistics describe the number of people who died of or with cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia or respiratory disease in England 2021, their demographic characteristics (age, sex, ethnic group, deprivation quintile), hospital admissions, length of stay in hospital and place of death.
The palliative and end of life care profiles are presented in an interactive tool which aims to help local government and health services improve care at the end of life.