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A current research project within our Health and social care programme is investigating whether there was an increase in deaths at home during and after the Covid19 pandemic and the implications for end of life care and health service usage.
Our Research Fellow, Jan Savinc, shares his initial findings from his work analysing the linked death records held by National Records Scotland and health service data held by Public Health Scotland, with Dr Iain Atherton.
Listeners may wish to read these accompanying articles after hearing the Research Update:
- DATA INSIGHTS -Were people who died at home less likely to attend hospital at the end of life during the Covid pandemic?
- BLOG SERIES: Dramatic increase in deaths at home
- PALLIATIVE CARE AT HOME: implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future, March 2021
Connecting Society is brought to you by ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK). Find out more about ADR UK on our website, or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn. This podcast builds on a pilot series known as DataPod, produced by ADR Scotland.
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This podcast is brought to you by ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK), a partnership transforming public sector data into research insights and policy evidence to improve lives. We are an investment by the Economic and Social Research Council, part of UK Research and Innovation.