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. 2021 Oct 13;18(20):10753. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010753

Table 3.

Palliative care global development in European countries in comparison with the 2019 World Map levels.

Country Development Level Country World Map of Palliative Care 2019 Level 1
Advanced Coverage: countries with high scores on ICS, SSPC and low PC needs The Netherlands 4b
UK 4b
Germany 4b
Switzerland 4a
Belgium 4b
Czech Rep. 4a
Denmark 4b
Italy 4b
Poland 4b
Spain 4b
Austria 4a
France 4b
Hungary 4a
Ireland 4b
Portugal 4b
Israel 4b
Lithuania 4b
Sweden 4b
Luxembourg 3b
Norway 4b
Limited Coverage: countries with low levels of need and low ICS and SSPC scores Kyrgyzstan 3b
Turkey 3b
Tajikistan 3b
Kazakhstan 4a
Malta 3b
Cyprus 3b
Slovakia 4a
Iceland 4b
Uzbekistan 2
Low Coverage: Countries with high levels of need and low levels of ICS and SSPC Serbia 3b
Albania 3b
Romania 4b
Armenia 3a
Greece 3a
Slovenia 3b
Moldova 3a
Russian Fed. 4a
Finland 3b
Ukraine 4a
Belarus 3b
Latvia 4a
Georgia 4a
Bulgaria 3b
Croatia 3
Estonia 3a
Azerbaijan 3b
Bosnia & H. 3a
Macedonia 3b
Montenegro 1

1.World map of palliative care levels: (1) no known palliative care activity; (2) capacity-building; (3a) isolated provision; (3b) generalized provision; (4a) preliminary integration into mainstream provision; (4b) advanced integration.