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Table 1 Coverage of specialist palliative care services in Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary in 2012 [6] [7]

From: Implementation of palliative care consult Service in Hungary – integration barriers and facilitators

Service

Western Europe

Central and Eastern Europe

Hungary

Recommended ratio

Coverage of Hungary

services per 100,000 inhabitants

service/100,000 inhabitants

detected/neededbservices; %

Home care team

0,4

0,21

0,69

1

69/99; 69%

Inpatient palliative care services

0,35

0,14

0,13

0,5

13/50; 26%

Consult servicesa

0,3

0,08

0,03

 

0,5

3/50; 6%

  1. aNamed in the study as hospital support team;
  2. bDetected services are the actual number of services in Hungary. To calculate the demand of services needed, the population of 100,000 units is multiplied by that ratio recommended for 100,000, suggested by EAPC White Paper [7]