The most recent data reported (2015-2016 or 2016-2017) shows:
73,900 palliative care related hospitalisations were reported from public acute and private hospitals. This represents a 28 per cent increase in palliative care hospitalisations between 2011-2012 and 2015-2016.
Eighty-five per cent of palliative care related palliative care related hospitalisations were in public hospitals.
Approximately 50 per cent of people who die in hospital had received palliative care, an increase of 11 per cent since 2011-12.
One in 50 aged care facility residence had an Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) appraisal indicating the need for palliative care.
Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) – subsidized palliative medicine specialist services increased by 31 per cent between 2012-13 and 2016-17.
Palliative Care and end-of-life care within general practice are estimated to account for 1 in every 1000 GP consultations.
