Objectives Little is known about the cost of a palliative care approach in the UK, and there is
an absence of robust activity and unit cost data. The aim of this study was to review evidence …

Background: It is important to understand the costs of palliative and end-of-life care in order
to inform decisions regarding cost allocation. However, economic research in palliative care …

Background: Economic evaluation of palliative care has been slow to develop and the
evidence base remains small. Aim: This article estimates formal and informal care costs in …

Background: In the context of limited resources, evidence on costs and cost-effectiveness of
alternative methods of delivering health-care services is increasingly important to facilitate …

Investing in palliative and end-of-life care services improves our chances of living well
towards the end of life, and in accordance with our wishes. However, the global provision of …

Good quality end-of-life care is recognised as an essential component of modern health
care services (Department of Health, 2008; National Audit Office, 2008). In recent years a …

This report has been commissioned by, and prepared for and in collaboration with, the
National Audit Office (NAO). Its objective is to provide an estimation of the current financial …

Some people receive palliative or end of life care at home, others in hospitals or hospices, or
a combination of home and hospice/home and hospital models. This rapid review aims to …

Do specialised palliative care services improve outcomes for patients with advanced
progressive illness at the end of life and their families at lower or acceptable cost compared …

In an era of ever increasing emphasis on cost-effectiveness of health care, and with the
introduction of the internal market, there is now an urgent need for information on the costs …