Table 1.

Example for Spain of primary data of HCTs, IPCUs and HSTs and the secondary analysis of 2005–2012 development and 2012 coverage.

Indicators (Spain)	Abbr.	Source or formula	HCT	IPCUa	HST
Preliminary information
Recommended ratio of services × 100,000 inhabitants	RRS	EAPC White Paper	1	0.5	0.5
2005 Spain population	POP05	http://worldgazetteer.com/home.php	43,435,136 inhabitants
2012 Spain population	POP12	World Population Prospects	46,771,596 inhabitants
Primary data
2005 Number of services detected	SD05	EAPC Atlas 2006	139	96	27
2012 Number of services detected	SD12	EAPC Atlas 2013b	185	112	78
Secondary analysis: development of services (2005–2012)
Services developed 2005–2012	–	SD12-SD05	+46	+16	+51
Statistical analysis of the difference	–	Adjusted residual standardised	p < 0.01	n.s.	p < 0.001
Secondary analysis: ratio services per 100,000 inhabitants
2005 Ratio of services per 100,000 inhabitants	RS05	SD05/POP05 × 100,000	0.32	0.22	0.06
2012 Ratio of services per 100,000 inhabitants	RS12	SD12/POP12 × 100,000	0.40	0.24	0.17
Ratio difference		RS12 − RS05	0.08	0.02	0.11
Secondary analysis: 2012 coverage
2012 Services needed	SN12	RRS × (POP12/100,000)	468	234	234
2012 Coverage	–	SD12/SN12 (%)	185/468 (40%)	112/234 (48%)	78/234 (33%)

HCT: home care team; IPCU: inpatient palliative care unit; HST: hospital support team; EAPC: European Association for Palliative Care; n.s.: not significant.

^aIPCUs include palliative care units and hospices.

^bSpain reports the existence of 38 ‘mixed teams’ (providing PC both in hospital and at home) for 2012. This category was not considered in the 2005 survey. For the comparison between years, the total number of mixed teams was divided by two: 19 teams were added to the Atlas data of HCTs and 19 teams were added to inpatient services.