Abstract
In the Netherlands, a different model has been developed over the past two
decades. Dutch data show the percentage of people dying at home rose from 36 percent in 2015 to 41 per cent in 2020. Meanwhile, the number of those dying in
hospital fell from 25 per cent in 2010 to 18 per cent a decade later.
In the UK, in contrast, more than 45 per cent of people die in hospital, according to 7/18/22, 1:33 PM What can the UK learn from the Dutch approach to end-of-life care? | Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/bd248774-089b-4e20-b157-40ced3917b84 5/9 pre-pandemic data.
Professor Saskia Teunissen, who runs the Netherlands Institute for Palliative Care, said that since 2000 the country had been developing a more unified approach to the final year of life — the time when patients make maximum demands on the health system.
decades. Dutch data show the percentage of people dying at home rose from 36 percent in 2015 to 41 per cent in 2020. Meanwhile, the number of those dying in
hospital fell from 25 per cent in 2010 to 18 per cent a decade later.
In the UK, in contrast, more than 45 per cent of people die in hospital, according to 7/18/22, 1:33 PM What can the UK learn from the Dutch approach to end-of-life care? | Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/bd248774-089b-4e20-b157-40ced3917b84 5/9 pre-pandemic data.
Professor Saskia Teunissen, who runs the Netherlands Institute for Palliative Care, said that since 2000 the country had been developing a more unified approach to the final year of life — the time when patients make maximum demands on the health system.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Financial Times |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Jul 2022 |
Keywords
- Verenigd Koninkrijk
- palliatieve zorg
- Hospices