America's Readiness to Meet the Needs of People with Serious Illness: 2024 Serious Illness Scorecard

There are at least 13 million adults and approximately 700,000 children living with a serious illness in the United States. While significant progress has been made to advance palliative care access and delivery, there are still many parts of the U.S. where such holistic care is not well-integrated or supported—resulting in unnecessary suffering, avoidable expenses, overwhelmed caregivers, and clinician burnout.

CAPC's Serious Illness Scorecard rates each state's capacity to deliver high-quality care to people living with a serious illness, and their families and caregivers; provides in-depth reports on each state's palliative care landscape; and offers actionable recommendations to improve palliative care access in your state or region.

Visit the Serious Illness Scorecard website to:

• Find out how your state rates
• Read the key findings
• Review the actions palliative care champions and federal and state policymakers can take to improve access to palliative care
• Read the blog by CAPC's Health Care Transformation team, which details four ways you can use the Scorecard to take action