Access to palliative care: discrepancy among low-income and high-income countries

Low-and middle-income countries (LIMCs) have nearly 80% of the population who are in need of palliative care services. However, the majority of them lack access to palliative care services. Several factors hinder access to palliative care services in LMICs such as unavailability of pain medications and other treatments, expensive palliative care set up, lack of proper clinical system and a non-supportive socio-cultural belief system.