2013
DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-71-12
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Public health indicators for the EU: the joint action for ECHIM (European Community Health Indicators & Monitoring)

Abstract: BackgroundPublic health policies aim to improve and maintain the health of citizens. Relevant data and indicators are needed for a health policy that is based on factual information. After 14 years of work (1998–2012), the multi-phase action on European Community Health Indicators (ECHI) has created a health monitoring and reporting system. It has generated EU added value by defining the ECHI shortlist with 88 common and comparable key health indicators for Europe.MethodsIn the 2009-2012 Joint Action for ECHIM… Show more

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“…As a substitute, data on the number of documented sick-leave cases with acute respiratory illness (ARI) were retrieved from a major Tyrolean health insurance (Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse). This health insurance covers approximately 75% of the Tyrolean population [25].…”
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“…As a substitute, data on the number of documented sick-leave cases with acute respiratory illness (ARI) were retrieved from a major Tyrolean health insurance (Tiroler Gebietskrankenkasse). This health insurance covers approximately 75% of the Tyrolean population [25].…”
Section: Reference Datamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But, after about twenty years of actions, a comprehensive and sustainable EU-level public health surveillance infrastructure is still missing. [21][22][23][24][25] Therefore, it is aimed in this thesis to identify conditions and factors relevant to advance public health surveillance in Europe. The thesis is focussed on the three perspectives: EU policy (Part 1), public health surveillance data and information sources (Part 2), and EU-level public health surveillance infrastructure requirements (Part 3).…”
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