There is a service providing palliative care for every 0.15 million people in Poland.
Ratio of hospice/palliative care services per million population, Central and Eastern Europe (2002)
Ratio 1:
Estonia
1: 0.14m
Poland
1: 0.15m
Slovenia
1: 0.32m
Bulgaria
1: 0.36m
Hungary
1: 0.37m
Latvia
1: 0.48m
Lithuania
1: 0.62m
Czech Republic
1: 1.02m
Albania
1: 1.03m
Romania
1: 1.07m
Slovakia
1: 1.33m
Macedonia
1: 1.98m
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1: 2.00m
Croatia
1: 4.60m
Serbia and Montenegro
1: 10.50m
Source: Clark D, Wright M (2002) Transitions in End of Life Care: Hospice and Related Developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Buckingham: Open University Press
In spite of the overall number of palliative care services in Poland, they are disproportionately distributed throughout the country. Better coverage is achieved in central (Warsaw, Bydgoszcz and Lublin) western (Poznan and Gdansk) and eastern regions (Krakow, Katowice and Wroclow). Coverage in rural areas is sparse.
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