Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2024) Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 21 September 2024. doi:10.25816/nvn1-4f87
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2024). Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/nvn1-4f87
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021. AIHW, 2024. doi:10.25816/nvn1-4f87
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021. Canberra: AIHW; 2024. doi:10.25816/nvn1-4f87
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2024, Specialist paediatric palliative care delivered to children who died in 2021, AIHW, Canberra. doi:10.25816/nvn1-4f87
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Paediatric palliative care aims to help alleviate symptoms and improve the quality of life of a child with a life-limiting condition and their family. This report aims to build the evidence-base for the specialist needs of children with life-limiting conditions. It describes the characteristics, the types of services received, and the quality of care for children who died in 2021 and received palliative care services from a participating children’s hospitals.
- ISBN: 978-1-923085-76-3
- DOI: 10.25816/nvn1-4f87
- Cat. no: HWI 137
- Pages: 20
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Almost 1 in 2 children who died in 2021 with a life-limiting condition received palliative care at a children’s hospital
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Children in the study population lived an average of 150km away from the hospital at which they received care
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7 in 8 children from the study population died in the family’s end-of-life location goal
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Genetic and neurological conditions were more common in infants, while cancer was more common among all other children