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| Fewer than one in 10 people will die at home by 2030 | | Author(s) | Roger Dobson |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 336 no 7639, 9 February 2008 |
| Pages | p 295 |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Death ; Terminal care ; Therapeutic services [domiciliary]. |
| Annotation | This brief article reports on a study, "Where people die (1974-2030): past trends, future projections and implications for care", undertaken by Gomes and Higginson at the Cicely Saunders International/Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King's College London (cited in Palliative Medicine 2008; 22; pp 33-41). The number of people dying at home in England and Wales has nearly halved in three decades, and now less than a fifth of people die at home. Should this trend continue, fewer than one in 10 men and women will die at home by 2030. The report concludes that this has implications for inpatient facilities which will need to be increased by more than 20%, otherwise many more people will be needing community end-of-life care from 2012 onwards. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080222207 A |
| Classmark | CW: LV: N3 * |
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