How health systems make palliative care possible
The same questions on palliative care and hospice, asked of every health system. Every figure shows its source, data year and evidence label.
- health systems
- 47
- WHO regions
- 6
- labeled figures
- 213
- sources
- 751
- cited lessons
- 261
What every health system is asked
9 on palliative care, 4 on hospice, and what communities do where services are thin. Documented means at least one cited source.
Opioid supply
Is a therapeutic opioid physically available in the wards that need it?
Documented for 47 of 47 health systems
Narcotics regulation
What licensing regime governs stocking and dispensing, and when did it last change?
Documented for 46 of 47 health systems
Prescriber authority
Who is legally allowed to prescribe, and can that group be widened?
Documented for 37 of 47 health systems
Service delivery
Through what structure does care actually reach a patient at home?
Documented for 47 of 47 health systems
Financing
Who pays for the drug, the visit and the workforce?
Documented for 47 of 47 health systems
Training and recognition
What credential exists, who awards it, and does anyone recognize it?
Documented for 47 of 47 health systems
Opioid safeguards
How are misuse and diversion controlled, and are treatment and naloxone available, without blocking pain relief?
Documented for 44 of 47 health systems
Psychosocial and bereavement
What psychological, social and grief support reaches patients and family caregivers?
Documented for 45 of 47 health systems
Children's palliative care
How do children with life-limiting conditions get palliative care and the medicines they need?
Documented for 43 of 47 health systems
- Hospice
Hospice model
What does hospice mean here, who runs it, and in what settings?
Documented for 33 of 47 health systems
- Hospice
Hospice eligibility
Who can enter hospice, on what criteria, and how late do patients arrive?
Documented for 21 of 47 health systems
- Hospice
Hospice funding
Who pays for hospice care: a public benefit, insurance, charity or families?
Documented for 29 of 47 health systems
- Hospice
Hospice reach
How many dying people use hospice, and who is left out?
Documented for 35 of 47 health systems
- Community care
Community care
Where formal services are thin, what do families, faith communities, volunteers and health workers do?
Documented for 45 of 47 health systems
Opioid analgesic sales, 2019, on one scale
Pharmaceutical sales: a proxy for availability, not for palliative access.
- United States737.51
- United Kingdom638.72
- Turkiye24.19
- Pakistan3.71
- India3.45
- Saudi Arabia1.24enlarged for visibility
- Egypt0.61enlarged for visibility
One series, one year, one unit. Other units stay on country pages.3
Health systems in the register
By WHO region. Same questions, same labels.
From evidence to a program decision
One proposed training program, built from the register: the gap, precedents, design, costs and a launch gate.