EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe 2019
Conclusion: PC health policies developed in recent years have promoted vigorous development across Europe. Preliminary data on the integration of PC into different fields are encouraging though inequalities between countries and sub-regions persist. Further comparative analysis exploring factors leading to uneven progress may inform strategies to provide PC for all people in need. Per land is de stand van zaken van de (kinder)palliatieve zorg weergegeven.
Conclusion: PC health policies developed in recent years have promoted vigorous development across Europe. Preliminary data on the integration of PC into different fields are encouraging though inequalities between countries and sub-regions persist. Further comparative analysis exploring factors leading to uneven progress may inform strategies to provide PC for all people in need.
Per land is de stand van zaken van de (kinder)palliatieve zorg weergegeven.
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
COUNTRY INFORMATION / IRELAND<br />
69,331 7.8 4,757 2.8 4 82<br />
Gross Domestic Product<br />
per capita (US$), 2017<br />
Health expenditure<br />
(% <strong>of</strong> GDP), 2015<br />
Health expenditure<br />
per capita, PPP (US$)<br />
Physicians per 1,000<br />
<strong>in</strong>habitants, 2014<br />
Human Development<br />
Index Rank<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Life expectancy at birth,<br />
total (years), 2016<br />
B<br />
PC SERVICES FOR ADULTS<br />
92<br />
2<br />
1.9<br />
11<br />
TOTAL<br />
l Inpatient<br />
PC units<br />
<strong>in</strong> hospitals<br />
2%<br />
l Hospital<br />
PC support<br />
teams<br />
49%<br />
45<br />
34<br />
l Inpatient<br />
hospices<br />
12%<br />
l Home PC<br />
teams<br />
37%<br />
PC SERVICES<br />
PER 100,000<br />
INHABITANTS<br />
Additional PC<br />
Services<br />
for Adults<br />
l PC services<br />
for adults<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ireland<br />
PC services<br />
for adults <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Europe</strong> (median)<br />
[0.8/100,000<br />
<strong>in</strong>hab.]<br />
R Day care services 9<br />
R Volunteer-led hospices -<br />
MEDICINES<br />
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY<br />
Opioid consumption per capita <strong>in</strong> morph<strong>in</strong>e equivalent,<br />
exclud<strong>in</strong>g methadone, 2017<br />
194.5<br />
mg<br />
l Average consumption<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ireland<br />
Average consumption<br />
<strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong> [107 mg]<br />
National PC association<br />
NAME<br />
Irish Association for <strong>Palliative</strong> <strong>Care</strong><br />
Other associations<br />
YES NO<br />
SINCE<br />
1993N/A<br />
Directory <strong>of</strong> services<br />
YES<br />
NO<br />
90 78<br />
24<br />
0<br />
2<br />
Morph<strong>in</strong>e Code<strong>in</strong>e Fentanyl Oxycodone Hydromorph<strong>in</strong>e<br />
General availability <strong>of</strong> oral morph<strong>in</strong>e (<strong>in</strong>mediate release)<br />
Opioid prescription requirements<br />
Special prescription form<br />
Prescription limits<br />
Patient registration as an opioid user<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals allowed to prescribe<br />
YES NO<br />
YES NO<br />
Few months<br />
YES NO<br />
RELEVANT REFERENCES ON PC DEVELOPMENT<br />
Kane PM, et al. The<br />
need for palliative care<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ireland: a population-based<br />
estimate<br />
<strong>of</strong> palliative care us<strong>in</strong>g<br />
rout<strong>in</strong>e mortality data,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clusive <strong>of</strong> nonmalignant<br />
conditions. J Pa<strong>in</strong><br />
Symptom Manage.<br />
2015;49(4):726-33 e1.<br />
KEY INFORMANTS<br />
May P, et al. Policy<br />
analysis: palliative care<br />
<strong>in</strong> Ireland. Health Policy.<br />
2014;115(1):68-74.<br />
McIlfatrick S, Muldrew<br />
DHL, Hasson<br />
F, Payne S. Exam<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
palliative and end<br />
<strong>of</strong> life care research <strong>in</strong><br />
Ireland with<strong>in</strong> a global<br />
context: a systematic<br />
mapp<strong>in</strong>g review <strong>of</strong> the<br />
evidence. BMC Palliat<br />
<strong>Care</strong>. 2018;17(1):109.<br />
Michael Connolly, Brian Creedon, Kellie Myers, Julie L<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Only specialists<br />
All physicians<br />
Nurses tra<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> PC<br />
See more <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
<strong>in</strong> onl<strong>in</strong>e version<br />
<strong>EAPC</strong> <strong>Atlas</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Palliative</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong><br />
137
Change language