National-level palliative care mapping indicators
| Domains | Indicator |
|---|---|
| Policy | 1. Existence of a current national palliative care plan/programme |
| Education | 2. Proportion of medical schools which include palliative care education in undergraduate curricula |
| 3. Proportion of nursing schools which include palliative care education in undergraduate curricula | |
| 4. Number of specialised palliative care educational programmes for physicians, accredited by the national competent authority | |
| Service provision | 5. Inclusion of palliative care in the list of services provided in the primary care level |
| 6. Number of palliative care services per million inhabitants | |
| 7. Number of physicians working in palliative care per million inhabitants | |
| Medications | 8. Consumption of strong opioids per cancer deaths |
| 9. Consumption of strong opioids per capita | |
| 10. Number of pharmaceutical establishments that dispense strong opioids per million inhabitants |