Palliative care and health service use for people with life-limiting conditions

Receipt of SPC was similar across remoteness categories, ranging from 40% of people living in Major cities receiving SPC to 38% in Outer Regional areas to 34% in Inner Regional areas. Note, information was not presented by Remote or Very Remote areas due to data availability (see Appendix C for further details).

Receipt of SPC was also relatively similar across socioeconomic areas, ranging from 36% of people in Quintile 2 receiving SPC to 41% in Quintile 5 (or those living in the least disadvantaged area; see Supplementary Table 1a).