FuturePall: Forecasting the specialized inpatient palliative care in Germany based on demographic trends and utilization rates
Marcel A Kamp, Joachim Bergmann, Christiane von Saß, Larissa Fink, Jil Adelstein, Felix Muehlensiepen, Birgitt van Oorschot · 2026
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Marcel A Kamp and colleagues present a 2026 forecast of hospital palliative care demand in Germany. Specialized inpatient palliative care is team care for seriously ill patients, given on dedicated wards or by visiting teams. The team took hospital use data from 2021 and applied age, sex, and regional rates to official population forecasts through 2035.
Germany's adult population is set to shrink slightly, but the share aged 65 and older will grow. Palliative care cases are projected to rise from about 109,000 in 2021 to about 120,000 by 2035. That is growth of about 0.7 percent a year. Older patients will make up a rising share of cases, and growth will differ by state. The authors urge planners to fund beds, staff, and services ahead of the shift.
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| CREATOR | Marcel A Kamp, Joachim Bergmann, Christiane von Saß, Larissa Fink, Jil Adelstein, Felix Muehlensiepen, Birgitt van Oorschot |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42967 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |