In 2005, the ratio of hospice/palliative care services in Kyrgyzstan was one service per 2.65 million inhabitants (see Table 3). This compares to one service per 2.45 million inhabitants in 2002.15
Table 3: Ratio of hospice/palliative care services per million population; Commonwealth of Independent States (plus Mongolia) (2005).
Armenia
1: 0.09m
Azerbaijan
1: 8.32m
Belarus
1: 0.81m
Georgia
1: 1.11m
Kazakhstan
1: 1.28m
Kyrgyzstan
1: 2.65m
Mongolia
1: 2.65m
Republic of Moldova
1: 0.27m
Russian Federation
1: 1.15m
Tajikistan
0: 6.53m
Turkmenistan
0: 6.56m
Ukraine
1: 2.59m
Uzbekistan
0: 26.01m
Source: EAPC Taskforce on the Development of Palliative Care in Europe (2005) A Map of Palliative Care Specific Resources in Europe. 4th Research Forum of the European Association for Palliative Care, Venice, Italy, 25th-27th May 2006/ Clark, D., and Wright, M. (2003) Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and Related Developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Buckingham: Open University Press.
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