Maiken Bang Sloth Hansen

Maiken Bang Sloth Hansen serves as an External Lecturer in the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen, specifically within the Section of Social Medicine. Her academic work bridges public health research and clinical palliative care through collaboration with Region Hovedstaden (Copenhagen University Hospital), as evidenced by her institutional email domain.

Her research focuses on epidemiological analysis of palliative care systems using Denmark's national healthcare registries. Key interests include:

• Patient-reported symptom disparities across cancer and non-cancer populations
• Impact of healthcare crises (e.g., COVID-19) on palliative service delivery
• Immigrant healthcare access patterns in specialized palliative settings
• Validation and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate consistent output in high-impact journals like Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care in Cancer, primarily utilizing mixed-methods register-based approaches. Her work frequently examines cross-disease symptom patterns and system-level barriers in palliative care referral processes.

Hansen actively contributes to national healthcare quality improvement through the Danish Palliative Care Database, with research directly informing policy discussions as evidenced by policy source references and news coverage of her findings.