India
The 2015 Quality of Death Index (QDI) ranked United Kingdom (UK) as the best place to die in the world, where as India ranked 67 among 80 countries it has selected. The UK topped the list followed by Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Belgium and Taiwan. The report from the London-based Economic Intelligence Unit, titled ‘The quality of death: Ranking end-of-life care across the world’ is meant to measure how well do governments across the world work to improve life for their citizens so that they “die well”, insisting, economic growth alone cannot improve health facilities for the aged. The QDI, commissioned by the Lien Foundation, a Singaporean philanthropic organisation, is based on qualitative and quantitative indicators and took interviews of over 120 palliative care experts from around the world.