Reports: Situation in palliative care in Latvia (Latvia)

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Primary purpose: Aims to evaluate Latvia's current palliative care services, suggest improvements, and advocate for the establishment of comprehensive, person-centered care to meet the growing demand and provide quality end-of-life support for all, regardless of socio-economic status.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Welfare.

Type of information: The number of unique patients for whom the family doctor's practice provided palliative care at home; The number of unique patients for whom palliative care was provided within the framework of home care and in a day hospital; The actual and unique number of patients who received inpatient palliative care; The average number of beds in the palliative care.

Data level: regional level.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.

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