Number of patients in palliative care hospices in Italy 2017, by region
The statistic illustrates the number of patients in palliative care hospices in Italy in 2017, broken down by region. According to the figure, the region with the highest number of patients in palliative care structures was Lombardy, with 12,848 patients, over twice as many as in Emilia-Romagna and Lazio, both hosting over five thousand patients in palliative care structures.