Past trends and future projections of palliative care needs in Chile: analysis of routinely available death registry and population data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of people with palliative care needs is projected to increase globally. Chile has recently introduced legislation for universal access to palliative care services for patients with severe and terminal illnesses, including non-cancer conditions. We aimed to estimate the number of people affected by serious health-related suffering and need for palliative care in Chile to 2050.

Methods

We used data on all deaths registered in Chile between 1997-2019 and population estimates for 1997-2050. We used Poisson regression to model past trends in causes of death adjusted by age, sex and population estimates, to project the number of deaths for each cause from 2021 to 2050. We applied the Lancet Commission on Palliative Care and Pain Relief weights to these projec

SUBMITTER: Leniz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11367822 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature