A team from the Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE) was commissioned by Marie Curie to explore the …

Background Serious life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses place an enormous burden on
society and health systems. Understanding how this burden will evolve in the future is …

Background Current estimates suggest that approximately 75% of people approaching the
end-of-life may benefit from palliative care. The growing numbers of older people and …

Background: Understanding the need for palliative care is essential in planning services.
Aim: To refine existing methods of estimating population-based need for palliative care and …

Background: Of deaths in high-income countries, 75% are caused by progressive advanced
chronic conditions. Palliative care needs to be extended from terminal cancer to these …

Background Studying where people die across countries can serve as an evidence base for
health policy on end-of-life care. This study describes the place of death of people who died …

Background: To implement the appropriate services and develop adequate interventions,
detailed estimates of the needs for palliative care in the population are needed. Aim: To …

Palliative medicine has only recently joined the ranks of evidence-based medical
subspecialties. Palliative medicine is a rapidly evolving field, which is quickly moving to …

The aging of the European population will lead to a rapid increase in dementia cases in the
coming decades, posing challenges for the organization and provision of end‐of‐life care …

Aim To describe how patients with COPD, heart failure, dementia and cancer differ in
frequency and timing of referral to palliative care services. Methods We performed a …