The Palliative Care Populations of Counties Manukau District Health Board

This report describes demographic characteristics, place of death and service utilisation of palliative care adult populations of Counties Manukau Health, based on national and local data from the years 2005-2009 inclusive. It also describes methodology for deriving estimates of the population who may benefit from palliative care. It was undertaken in 2012 to inform palliative care model of care work.