Where's the best place to die?

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Oct 06, 2015 07:33 pm

Singapore ranked 12th in the world in the 2015 Quality of Death Index, which measures the availability, affordability and quality of palliative care.

This put the city-state second in Asia, behind Taiwan, which ranked sixth in the world.

Singapore's ranking moved up six places from 18th in 2010.

The Economist Intelligence Unit assessed 80 countries in five categories: general environment (20%), human resources (20%), the affordability of care (20%), the quality of care (30%) and the level of community engagement (10%).

The findings were shared with the media at an event held at Lien Foundation’s office on Oct 9, where doctors also engaged in a panel discussion on palliative care.

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The report stated that greater healthcare spending, including funding of hospice palliative care services, helped improved affordability of palliative care in Singapore.

But the country is weakest in the category of community engagement, coming in at 22nd.