Comparison of types of specialist palliative care in Scotland and other European countries
| Inpatient units* | Hospital support teams† | Home care teams‡ | ||||
| Country | Ratio/million | Country | Ratio/million | Country | Ratio/million | |
| 1 | The Netherlands | 12.7 | Belgium | 10.4 | Estonia | 11.3 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 9.4 | Ireland | 8.5 | Sweden | 11.2 |
| 3 | Germany | 5.2 | Slovenia | 8.3 | Poland | 8.4 |
| 4 | Denmark | 5.0 | UK | 5.7 | Ireland | 7.6 |
| 5 | Belgium | 4.6 | Luxembourg | 5.7 | Scotland | 7.1 |
| 6 | Austria | 4.4 | France | 5.3 | Hungary | 7.0 |
| 7 | Scotland | 4.3 | Scotland | 5.0 | UK | 6.1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 4.0 | Malta | 3.6 | Austria | 5.8 |
| 9 | Poland | 3.8 | Latvia | 3.4 | Luxembourg | 5.7 |
| 10 | UK | 3.5 | Austria | 3.4 | Italy | 5.2 |
*Scotland has 23 palliative care inpatient units containing 349 beds.
†Scotland has 27 hospital support teams.
‡Scotland has 38 home care teams.