India minus Kerala one of the worst places to die: United Kingdom report

Where in the world is a good place to die?

Portugal performed best when it came to the cost of end of life care (22nd), and was ranked 27th for both its quality of end of life care and the basic end of life of care.

Unsurprisingly, spots on the “Top Ten Places To Die” list are mostly filled by high-income nations, including Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium, Taiwan, Germany, Netherlands, the US, and France.

In purchase to pile up the catalogue, the Economist Intelligence Unit spoke to specialists around the globe and evaluated normal studying the importance of end-of-life treasure this light colored a note pad, which generally address hassles connected to the overall quality of demise as perfected through sign positioning.

The bottom ranks of the Quality of Death Index are dominated by developing countries such as India, China, Mexico, Brazil and Uganda, where progress on providing end-of-life care is slow. Other significant factors that contributed to the effectiveness of end-of-life care, according to the report, include access to opioids (i.e. morphine) for pain alleviation, availability of psychological support and end-of-life conversations, and nationally subsidized palliative care.

“A very strong marker in our index is the availability of specialised palliative care workers and this is where the United Kingdom scores particularly well”.

Still, a select number of low-income countries have managed to make huge advances in palliative care in recent years.

An emphasis on spiritual care as opposed to symptom management is one of the reasons for Taiwan’s top ranking in the latest EIU Death of Quality Index.

In a separate section on the state, the report refers to it as a ‘beacon of hope.’ The report says that Kerala, ‘with only 3 percent of India’s population, the tiny state provides two-thirds of India’s palliative care services. However, it was third from bottom for the availability of end of life care, which gave it an overall rating of 31st.

The UK’s position at the top of the Quality of Death ranking is explained in part by the head start it has had in the field.