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黑料吃瓜群网isations for palliative care are growing faster than all hospitalisations, according to a report from the (AIHW).

Between 2010鈥�11 and 2014鈥�15, palliative care-related hospitalisations rose by about 19%, according to the institute. This is greater than the 15% increase recorded for hospitalisations for all reasons over the same period.

The figures also show that, before their death, a greater proportion of people are accessing palliative care services in hospital.

鈥淎lthough it鈥檚 difficult to be definitive about the reasons for this rise, Australia鈥檚 growing and ageing population 鈥� paired with a rise in chronic and incurable illnesses 鈥� has broadened the type of patients requiring palliative care,鈥� said AIHW spokesperson Matthew James.

In 2014鈥�15, about 155,600 people died in Australia, almost half of whom died as an admitted patient in hospital. 鈥淥f these,鈥� said James, 鈥渁bout 46% had been a palliative care patient during their final hospitalisation, up from 37% in 2010鈥�11.鈥�

More than half (54%) of all palliative care-related hospitalisations in 2014鈥�15 ended with the patient鈥檚 death. Just over half were for people aged 75 and over, and a similar proportion involved cancer as the main diagnosis.

The report was released as part of National Palliative Care Week (21鈥�28 May) and seeks to underline the importance of talking to those closest to you about your end-of-life care wishes. Further information can be found at .

鈥淭oday鈥檚 report shows us that more people are admitted to hospital requiring palliative care services, but we don鈥檛 know how many of these people would鈥檝e preferred to have received palliative care services elsewhere,鈥� said James.

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