what does palliative care cost
â¢ The estimated cost for a day of community care at the end of life is Â£145. compared with the cost of Â£425 for a specialist palliative in-patient bed day in. hospital. Changing the setting of care for a patient at the end of life has the. potential to reduce the daily cost of care by Â£280. â¢ Between 355,000 and 457,000 patients need palliative care every year. If additional. community services were developed to enable even 30,000 patients to reduce their.