2023
DOI: 10.5603/pmpi.a2023.0018
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The Polish palliative care response to the war in Ukraine and the subsequent humanitarian crisis

Leszek Pawłowski,
Iga Pawłowska,
Sofiya Shunkina
et al.

Abstract: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a serious humanitarian crisis. The Ukrainian healthcare system has collapsed and many healthcare institutions, including palliative care facilities, have been destroyed. In Poland, hospices and palliative care centres, non-governmental and public organizations, local authorities as well as individual citizens have been involved in the provision of care and other forms of support for palliative care patients who fled Ukraine. Due to the implementation of new regulation… Show more

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“…Different home care services are dedicated to adults and children. According to the data from the National Health Fund and Minister of Health in 2021 approximately 100,000 adults and more than 2,000 children receive specialised palliative care and 90% of patients over 18 are cancer patients [2,3]. In 2019, in Poland, there were 1.5 units of palliative care per 100,000 inhabitants [the standard set by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is 2 units per 100,000 inhabitants], which puts Poland in 7 th place in Europe when it comes to access to these services according to the EAPC [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Different home care services are dedicated to adults and children. According to the data from the National Health Fund and Minister of Health in 2021 approximately 100,000 adults and more than 2,000 children receive specialised palliative care and 90% of patients over 18 are cancer patients [2,3]. In 2019, in Poland, there were 1.5 units of palliative care per 100,000 inhabitants [the standard set by the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) is 2 units per 100,000 inhabitants], which puts Poland in 7 th place in Europe when it comes to access to these services according to the EAPC [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%