A project lead at the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) in Toronto, ON.
A project lead at CIHI in Toronto, ON.
Healthc Q. 2023 Jul;26(2):6-8. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2023.27140.
Canadians are living longer and as they do so, the number of people living with life-limiting illnesses, such as cancer or kidney disease, is growing. Consequently, supporting and improving access to palliative care are goals of Canada's various health sectors. This article uses Canadian Institute for Health Information data from multiple healthcare sectors to investigate how many Canadians receive palliative care in their last year of life, how access to palliative care has changed in the past five years and what barriers to access still exist.
加拿大人的寿命越来越长，随着这一趋势，患有绝症的人数也在增加，如癌症或肾脏疾病。因此，支持和改善姑息治疗的可及性是加拿大各卫生部门的目标。本文利用加拿大健康信息研究所来自多个卫生部门的数据，调查有多少加拿大人在生命的最后一年接受姑息治疗，过去五年中姑息治疗的可及性发生了怎样的变化，以及仍然存在哪些获得姑息治疗的障碍。
