Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

ISARE 2 - Health indicators in Europe's regions (Phase 2) /
Indicateurs de santé dans les régions en Europe (Phase 2)

Organization

Name:

FNORS (FEDERATION NATIONALE DES OBSERVATOIRES REGIONAUX
DE LA SANTE)

Address:

62, Boulevard Garibaldi
F-75015 - PARIS

Telephone / Fax:

+ 33.(0)1.56.58.52.40 /
+ 33.(0)1.56.58.52.41

Web site:

http://www.fnors.org/

E-mail:

info@fnors.org

Contact person:

André OCHOA
(Project leader)
Observatoire Régional de la Santé d'Aquitaine
103 ter, rue Belleville
F - 33000 Bordeaux
Tel: +33.5.56.56.99.60
Fax: +33.5.56.56.99.61
E-mail: andre.ochoa@wanadoo.fr
Web site: http://www.isare.org

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 27 months

Budget

Total cost: 416.617,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 291.576,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

This is the second stage of a larger project designed to permit interregional comparisons between the different EU Member States. It is a continuation of the project.

Three objectives:

- To establish a small set (pool) of relevant indicators available at the "regional" level for describing the state of health population and as a guide to decision-making and devising public health policies.

- To catalogue the data sources, with precise details of the bodies holding these data and indicators, and to define the conditions governing access to and transmission of these data.

-To test the collection of data and dissemination of the pool of regional indicators.

This work will make it easier to integrate infra-national indicators into the European Union database.

Outcomes of the project

Final report , June 2004 ( 1.3 MB)

Annexes of the final report:

Annex 1 : Definition ( 1.5 MB)
Annex 2-1 : Questionnaire – Short list (All regions) ( 1.4 MB)
Annex 2-2 : Questionnaire – Long list (selected region) ( 1.2 MB)
Annex 3-1 : Synthesis by indicators. Short list (all regions) ( 1.1 MB)
Annex 3-2 : Synthesis by indicators. Long list (selected region) ( 1.0 MB)
Annex 3-3 : Synthesis by country. Short list (all regions) ( 1.0 MB)
Annex 3-4 : Synthesis by country. Long list (selected region) ( 900 KB)
Annex 4 : Sources of data ( 803 KB)
Annex 5 : Information collection process ( 625 KB)
Annex 6 : Note about the NUTS regions ( 509 KB)

Short communication:

A. OCHOA, F. IMBERT, B. LEDESERT, A. PITARD, O. GRIMAUD et al.:
Health Indicators in the European Regions,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators
Development of a Community-wide network for sharing health data

Title of Project

REPROSTAT - Reproductive health indicators in European Union

Organization

Name:

INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA, FACULDADE DE MEDICINA, UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Address:

Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Piso 5

P-1649-028 - LISBON

Telephone + Fax:

+351.21.79.57.409

Web site:

http://www.fm.ul.pt

E-mail:

luisacaetano@fm.ul.pt

Contact person:

Miguel OLIVEIRA DA SILVA
Tel: +351.964.03.29.48
Fax: +351.21.726.20.25
E-mail : mos@netcabo.pt

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/09/2001
- 24 months

Budget

Total cost: 328.942,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 230.259,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

Establishment of Community-wide Reproductive Health (RH) list of scientifically robust, understandable, accessible and ethical indicators. A coherent set of core indicators as well as proposed flexible and new indicators for needed and developmental areas will be recommended, in order to measure RH status, its determinants and trends.

Development of a Community-wide network (in the frame of the EUPHIN-HIEMS) for sharing RH data, in order to facilitate the planning, monitoring and evaluation of Community Programmes and actions.

Provide Member States and the scientific community with RH indicators to make international and regional comparisons, and support their national and regional health policies.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report ( 210KB)

Final report, August 2003 (1.3M B)

Glossy publication of the final report:

Reproductive Health Indicators in the European Union, August 2003 ( 720KB)

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

EUHPID - European health promotion indicators development

Organization

Name:

UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON

Address:

Mithras House, Lewes Road

UK-BN2 4AT - BRIGHTON

Telephone / Fax:

+44.12.73.64.34.76 /
+44.12.73.64.36.73

Web site:

http://www.brighton.ac.uk

E-mail:

Contact person:

John DAVIES
(Project leader)
International Health Development Research Centre
Mayfield House
Faculty of Health
University of Brighton
Falmer, East Sussex,
United Kingdom.
E-mail : j.k.davies@bton.ac.uk
Web site: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/euhpid

Caroline Hall
(Research officer)
Tel: +44.1273.64.4168
Fax: +44.1273.64.4508
Email: Caroline.Hall@brighton.ac.uk

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/11/2001
- 24 months

Budget

Total cost: 285.315,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 192.255,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

Health promotion is included as an important core intervention strategy within both the current and future proposed Community Public Health Programme. It also forms a central framework for action to improve health within the policies of all Member States.

Health promotion incorporates health education and is an umbrella for interventions which prevent disease and ill health ; educate people towards healthier lifestyles and/or address the wider social and environmental factors which influence people's health. There is currently a dearth of suitable indicators and related methodology and dissemination systems that can be used to monitor and evaluate health promotion at both Community and Member State levels.

The proposed EUHPID Project aims to establish :

- A common set of health promotion indicators to form part of the Community health monitoring system.

- A suitable data collection system based on appropriate methodology.

- A European dissemination strategy to set health promotion indicators within a practical policy context to assist decision makers and practitioners at both Community and Member State levels.

Executive summary ( 164KB)

Final report , March 2004 ( 5.5MB)

Publication:

G. BAUER, J.K. DAVIES, J. PELIKAN, H. NOACK, U. BROESSKAMP, C. HILL on behalf of the EUHPID Consortium:
Advancing a theoretical model for public health and health promotion indicator development: proposal from the EUHPID consortium,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

International rasch conversion centre for Community indicators (Phase 2)

Organization

Name:

TNO PREVENTION AND HEALTH

Address:

PO Box 2215

NL-2301 CE - LEIDEN

Telephone / Fax:

+31.71.518.16.96 /
+31.71.518.19.20

Web site:

www.tno.nl

E-mail:

businessdesk@tno.nl

Contact person:

Stef VAN BUUREN
E-mail : S.vanBuuren@pg.tno.nl

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/09/2001
- 30 months

Budget

Total cost: 222.344,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 155.641,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

This project aims to disseminate and apply Response Conversion (RC) within the Health Monitoring Program (HMP). Response Conversion is a technique for translating incomparable data into indicators. The project consists of the following tasks :

1. Evaluation of the suitability of RC for project and data within the HMP.

2. Construction of new conversion keys.

3. Development of an interactive web site for actual conversion to CI indicators ; Integration of RC into the IDA-HIEMS system.

Area of activity
Development of a Community-wide network for sharing health data

Title of Project

EUMIP 2 - Methodologies for producing European Union-wide
comparable disease-specific morbidity data:
enhancement of the electronic inventory of data sources (Phase 2)

Organization

Name:

ONS (Office for National Statistics)

Address:

1 Drummond Street

UK-SW1V 2QQ - LONDON

Telephone / Fax:

+44.20.75.33.52.41 /
+44.20.75.33.52.52

Web site:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk

E-mail:

info@statistics.gov.uk

Contact persons:

Sue DAVIES
E-mail : sue.davies@ons.gov.uk

Susan WESTLAKE
E-mail: sue.westlake@ons.gov.uk

Howard MELTZER
Health and Care Division
Tel: +44.20.75.33.52.53
Fax: +44.20.75.33.50.13
E-mail : Howard.Meltzer@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Countries participating

Member States

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

Ireland

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/11/2001
- 13 months

Budget

Total cost: 149.741,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 104.819,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

To enhance the electronic inventory of sources of morbidity data available in Member States (MS), which was developed under the previous ONS project, by filling the gaps in information (through contact with the established group of experts, and from reports and publications), checking the accuracy of the stored information with the providers, and developing a system to enable the inventory to be readily updated on a regular basis.

Secondary objectives will be to provide on-going support for fixing bugs within the Access database and making minor changes to the database structure, to develop a system for incorporating user feedback, and to get the database widely used.

The project will also aim to link the 3 diseases-specific projects funded under the HMP 2000 Workprogramme (second round) - those on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases specifically mention inventories of data sources. An attempt will also be made to identify data sources for respiratory diseases other than asthma (which is already included in the current version of the database). The enhanced inventory to be used as a source of information to help in the monitoring of the incidence and prevalence of specific diseases for the EU's Action Programme on Health Monitoring in the Field of Public Health.

Outcomes of the project

Final report, June 2003 ( 540 KB)

Download database:

European Union Morbidity Inventory Project (EUMIP), an inventory of disease-specific morbidity data sources (Requirements: MS Access) : The inventory contains information on data sources for 11 different categories of morbidity for all 15 EU Member States and Norway.
The first phase of the project, " EUMIP 1 - Methodologies for producing EU-wide comparable disease-specific morbidity data (Phase 1)", collected information for the inventory, mainly via questionnaires.

Area of activity
Analyses and reporting

Title of Project

Report on the mental health status in the European Community /
Rapport sur l'état de santé mentale de la Communauté européenne

Organization

Name:

MGEN (MUTUELLE GENERALE DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE)

Address:

3 Square Max Hymans

F-75748 - PARIS 15

Telephone / Fax:

+33.1.40.47.24.12 /
+33.1.40.47.21.91

Web site:

www.fondationmgen.org

E-mail:

Contact person:

Viviane KOVESS-MASFETY
Directrice
Département de recherche et d'étude en Santé Publique associé à l'Université de Paris V
E-mail : vkovess@mgen.fr
Tel: +33.1.40.47.24.20
Fax: +33.1.40.47.21.91

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

X

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/10/2001
- 30 months

Budget

Total cost: 424.746,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 297.322,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

To produce a report on mental health in the European Union and promote the creation of the mental health element in the proposed Health Observatory in Europe.

To describe and compare the state of mental health in the individual Member States and propose bases for programmes addressing the issue of mental health, in particular programmes designed to promote mental health and prevent the risk factors.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (47 KB)

Final report , October 2004 (1.3 MB)

Conference:

Comparing Mental Health and Risk Factors across EU Countries.
January 2005 WHO Inter-ministerial Mental Health Conference: Pre-event.
Paris, 30 June 2004

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

EUROCHIP 1 - Health indicators for monitoring cancer in Europe (Phase 1)

Organization

Name:

UNIT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
INT (ISTITUTO NAZIONALE PER LO STUDIO E LA CURA DEI TUMORI)

Address:

Via Venezian, 1

I-20121 - MILANO

Telephone / Fax:

+39.02.23.90.24.60 /
+39.02.23.90.27.62

Web site:

EUROCHIP on http://www.istitutotumori.mi.it

http://www.istitutotumori.mi.it

E-mail:

lifetable@istitutotumori.mi.it

Contact person:

Andrea MICHELI
(Project leader)
Tel: +39.02.2390.2867/69
Fax: +39.02.2390.3528
E-mail :
micheli@istitutotumori.mi.it
andreamicheli@tin.it

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

Belgium

Greece

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

X

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

X

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

X

Estonia

X

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

X

Switzerland

Starting date and
duration of project

- 01/12/2001
- 18 months

Budget

Total cost: 473.712,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 300.049,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

The aims of the project are :

- To develop a comprehensive list of health indicators useful for monitoring cancer in the countries of the European Union. The list will make it posible to monitor and evaluate the activities of the Member States in the areas of cancer management and control, in terms of cancer burden, prevention activity, standards of care, and cure rates. The list will include variables on the prevalence of risk factors ; pre-clinic acticity ; cancer occurrence ; clinical follow-up ; cancer recurrences ; patient survival ; diagnostic and therapeutic procedures ; effectiveness of cancer care ; outcome and care prevalence. The list will include a huge set of socio-economic, demographic health-related variables that will be useful in controlling cancer and improving the life expectancy of cancer patients.

- To indicate standardised methods for collecting, checking and validating tha data and to find methods, procedures and techniques for analysing the results and making them available.

- To incorporate this proposed list into a larger comprehensive surveillance list, prepared for the European Union Health Monitoring Programme.

All the main European networks (ENCR, Eurocare, Europreval, the Networks for Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening, and Concord), institutions, hospitals, and international agencies (WHO, IARC, and OECD) concerned with cancer will be involved.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (20 KB)

Final report, July 2003 (268 KB)

Annexes of the final report:

Annexes A: Results: Cancer health indicators described in the forms by EUROCHIP

Annex A.1: Index of the annexes (59 KB)
Annex A.2: Descriptive forms (Database) (1,25 MB).
Requirements: MS Access. For more information, contact the author
Annex A.3: Methodological forms (199 KB)

Annex B: List of cancer specialists involved in the project (162 KB)

Publication:

A. MICHELI, C. NAVARRO, P. BAILI, C. MART�NEZ, L. CHERIE-CHALINE, I. GARAU, G. GATTA, I. IZARZUGAZA, T. MOELLER, W. OBERAIGNER, E. PACI, R. SANKILA, J. TYCYNSKI, M. VELTEN, MD. CHIRLAQUE:
The EUROCHIP Project: in Murcia to define indicators for the future of the cancer epidemiology.
LAS CLARAS. Cuadermos des centro cultural Las Claras. Fundacion Cajamurcia, N° 5 Febrero 2003
Contact the author

Short communication:

A. MICHELI, R. CAPOCACCIA, C. MARTINEZ, E. MUGNO, J.W. COEBERGH, P. BAILI, A. VERDECCHIA, F. BERRINO, M. COLEMAN:
Cancer control in Europe: a proposed set of European Cancer Health Indicators,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

ECHI 2 - European Community Health Indicators (Phase 2)

Organization

Name:

RIVM (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT)

Address:

P.O. Box 1
3720 BA Bilthoven
A. van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
NL - Bilthoven

Telephone :

+31.30.274.91.11

Web site:

www.rivm.nl

E-mail:

Contact person:

Pieter KRAMERS
(Project leader)
Deputy head
Department for Public Health Forecasting
Tel: +31.30.274.21.63
Fax: +31.30.274.44.50
E-mail : pgn.kramers@rivm.nl

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

X

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

X

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/10/2001
- 33 months

Budget

Total cost: 284.216,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 198.951,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

The EU Health Monitoring Programme (HMP) wants to establish for data collection, exchange and reporting in the field of Public Health, in order to facilitate the monitoring of trends, differences and policy impact throughout the EU. Within this programme, Pillar A is envisaged (1) to establish a set of EU health indicators, (2) to select relevant information and data for exchange, and (3) to undertake the conceptual and methodological work which is needed to achieve this.

During 1999 and 2000, a project has been funded which was focussed on the above item (1) : "Integrated approach to establishing European Community Health Indicators (ECHI)". This project has provided a proposal for framework for such a set of indicators. It is still, however, necessary to develop this framework further as well as to implement it and to promote its actual use. Actions are foreseen concerning, e.g. : (I) further inclusion of results of HMP projects and other projects, in order to realise further implementation and use of the indicator system ; (II) improving the link with EUPHIN-HIEMS ; (III) better linkage with the work of WHO/euro, OECD and Eurostat ; (IV) working out and exploiting the possibilities of more flexible usage of the system ; and (V) reinforcing communication of the output from ECHI both to Member States and the EU, especially in the context of the development of the Commission's new Action Framework on Public Health.

Outcomes of the project

Final report, June 2005 (143 KB)

Annexes of the final report:

Annex 1: Abridged version of the ECHI-1 final report (110 KB)
Annex 2: Examples and discussion of conceptual models of health (170 KB)
Annex 3: From ECHI-1 to ECHI-2: Procedures, meetings, dissemination of results (63 KB)
Annex 4: Member State Health Policy issues (111 KB)
Annex 5: The ECHI comprehensive indicator list (long list). Version of July 7, 2005 (400 KB)
Annex 6: ECHI shortlist, final version of April 30, 2005 (105 KB)
Annex 7: The ECHI shortlist, selection procedures, as agreed in May, 2003 (73 KB)
Annex 8: List of user windows proposed (61 KB)
Annex 9: Technical details of ICHI-2 (38 KB)
Annex 10: Reports of ECHI-2 meetings (254 KB)
Annex 11: List of projects and other sources mentioned in annex 5, the long list, and annex 6, the shortlist (44 KB)
Annex 12: Members of the ECHI-2 team, with affiliations (55 KB)

Publication:

P.G.N. KRAMERS:
The ECHI project: health indicators for the European Community,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003

A free abstract of this publication, is available at the editor's web site.
If you need more information on this publication please contact the author(s).

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

Health information from primary care (Phase 2)

Organization

Name:

NIVEL (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH)

Address:

6, Drieharingstraat

NL-3511 BJ - UTRECHT

Telephone / Fax:

+31.30.27.29.700 /
+31.30.27.29.729

Web site:

http://www.nivel.nl

E-mail:

receptie@nivel.nl

Contact person:

François SCHELLEVIS
Project leader
Tel: +31.30.27.29.724
E-mail : f.schellevis@nivel.nl

Dr Joan DECKERS
Project coordinator

Dr Douglas FLEMING
Project advisor

Countries participating

Member States

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

Greece

X

Portugal

Denmark

Ireland

X

Spain

Finland

Italy

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

X

Croatia

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 28 months

Budget

Total cost: 339.368,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 237.558,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

The project aims primarily at contributing to the EUPHIN/HIEMS (European Union Public Health Information Network / Health Indicators Exchange and Monitoring System) by establishing the feasibility of delivering epidemiological data about health indicators by developing Health Indicator Profiles which provide information about:

1. the appropriateness of primary care as information source for epidemiological information.

2. the validity and international comparability of this information in order to interpret the information well and to enable valid comparisons between countries.

A secondary aim is to extend the project activities to EU Member countries which cannot deliver these epidemiological data so far.

Area of activity
Establishment of Community health indicators

Title of Project

IMCA - Indicators for monitoring Chronical Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
and asthma in the European Union

Organization

Name:

FUNDACIÒ IMIM (INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D'INVESTIGACIÒ MÈD ICA)

Address:

c/Doctor Aiguader, 80

E-08003 - BARCELONA

Telephone / Fax:

+34.93.225.75.95/
+34.93.221.64.48

Web site:

http://www.imim.es

E-mail:

Contact person:

Enric DURAN
Fax: +34.93.221.64.48
E-mail : eduran@imim.es
Web site: www.imca.imim.es

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/01/2002
- 24 months

Budget

Total cost: 376.957,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 263.870,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

1. To identify all routinely and research (large studies) sources of data providing useful information for monitoring COPD and asthma in the EU and Assess their comparability (within and between countries), and their strengths and limitations.

2. Explore to what extent international databases such as OCDE, WHO, Eurostat could be improved based on the information available for these two conditions.

3. To assess the scientific evidence on risk factors (exposures), prevalence, clinical management and policy interventions and explore to what extent the evidence is (or could be incorporated to the information systems).

4. To identify the most important protocol or clinical guidelines recommend by local or international scientific societies implemented in each EU country and assess their comparability.

5. To identify a set of indicators useful for monitoring and covering several aspects of these two conditions such as risk factors, prevalence, clinical management, and outcomes.

6. To get a consensus among participants of all EU countries about a set of indicators recommended being incorporated to the HIEMS and relevant for monitoring and evaluating clinical management and policy decision making for these two conditions.

Outcomes of the project

Interim report:

Interim report, January 2003 (151 KB)

Annexes of the interim report:

Annex 1: New work plan proposal, October-November 2003 (175 KB)

Annex 2: 1st IMCA general meeting, Barcelona, 26-27 January 2004

Annex 2.1: Draft agenda (60 KB)
Annex 2.2: Minutes (113 KB)
Annex 2.3: List of the project participants ; List of the meeting participants (195 KB)

Final Report:

Final Report, December 2004 (1.5 MB)

Annexes of the final report:

Annex 1: Asthma and COPD Indicators availability (235 KB)

Annex 2: Asthma and COPD Indicators national consistency

Annex 2.1: Denmark (40 KB)
Annex 2.2: Sweden (25 KB)
Annex 2.3: Austria (70 KB)
Annex 2.4: Belgium (50 KB)
Annex 2.5: France (45 KB)
Annex 2.6: Ireland (70 KB)
Annex 2.7: Luxembourg (45 KB)
Annex 2.8: Netherlands (25 KB)
Annex 2.9: United Kingdom (65 KB)

Area of activity
Analyses and reporting

Title of Project

Policy health impact assessment for the European Union

Organization

Name:

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

Address:

Senate House, Abercromby Square

UK-L69 3BX - LIVERPOOL

Telephone / Fax:

+44.151.794.25.29 /
+44.151.794.20.86

Web site:

www.ihia.org.uk

E-mail:

impact@liverpool.ac.uk

Contact person:

Alex SCOTT-SAMUEL
Director
IMPACT - International Health Impact Assessment Consortium
Department of Public Health
University of Liverpool
Whelan Building
Quadrangle
Liverpool
L69 3GB
UK
Tel: +44.151.794.5569
Fax: +44.151.794.5588
Web site: www.ihia.org.uk
E-mail : alexss@liverpool.ac.uk

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 27 months

Budget

Total cost: 462.729,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 323.910,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

To assess the health impact of EU policy by:

1. Synthesising a standard generic methodology for Health Impact Assessment of EU policies and activities.

2. Applying this HIA methodology to selected EU policy at both European Union and individual Member State levels.

3. Actively disseminating the findings and the lessons learnt throughout Europe by means of seminars, publications and high level briefings.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (121 KB)

Final report, August 2004 (749 KB)

Annexes of the final report:

Annex 1: Pilot Health Impact Assessment of the European Employment Strategy in Germany (1.1 MB)
Annex 2: Pilot Health Impact Assessment of the European Employment Strategy in Ireland (618 KB)
Annex 3: Pilot Health Impact Assessment of the European Employment Strategy in the Netherlands (949 KB)
Annex 4: Pilot Health Impact Assessment of the European Employment Strategy in the United Kingdom (1.5 MB)
Annex 5: Pilot Health Impact Assessment of the European Employment Strategy in the European Union (4.1 MB)
Annex 6 : European Policy Health Impact Assessment (EPHIA): a guide (431 KB)

Area of activity
Development of a Community-wide network for sharing health data

Title of Project

EUROMEDSTAT - Monitoring expenditure and utilisation of pharmaceutical products
in the European Union: a public approach

Organization

Name:

ISTITUTO RICERCHE POPOLAZIONE

Address:

Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche

I-00198 - ROME

Telephone / Fax:

+39.06.49.93.28.05 /
+39.06.85.83.45.06

Web site:

http://www.irpps.cnr.it

E-mail:

irp@irp.rm.cnr.it

Contact person:

Pietro FOLINO-GALLO
(Project leader)
E-mail : pfolino@rm.unicatt.it
Web site: http://www.euromedstat.cnr.it/default.asp

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

X

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 01/02/2002
- 24 months

Budget

Total cost: 410.994,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 283.854,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

To create and maintain a network and establish co-operation procedures for "Monitoring Expenditure and Consumption of Medicinal Products in the EU Member States" to be integrated into the EUPHIN / HIEMS (European Union Public Health Information Network / Health Indicators Exchange and Monitoring System).

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (131 KB)

Final report: The Library of European Union Pharmaceutical Indicators, March 2004:

Part I: Recommendations for national registers of medicinal products
with validated ATC codes and DDD values (508 KB)
Part II: Price Indicators (379 KB)
Part III: Utilisation / Expenditure Indicators (384 KB)

Publications:

P. FOLINO-GALLO, T. WALLEY, J.C. FROLICH, A. CARVAJAL, I.R. EDWARDS:
Availability of medicines in the European Union: results from the EURO-Medicines project.
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology; 2001; 57: 441-446

The EUROMEDSTAT Group:
EUROMEDSTAT: Monitoring expenditure and utilization of medicinal products in the European Union countries: a Public Health approach,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003

T. WALLEY, P FOLINO-GALLO, U. SCHWABE, E. VAN GANSE, of the EUROMEDSTAT group:
Variations and increase in use of statins across Europe: data from administrative databases,
British Medical Journal, Volume 328, February 2004

See the other publications of EUROMEDSTAT

Area of activity
Analyses and reporting

Title of Project

Health information systems in Europe - Structures and processes

Organization

Name:

REGIONE DEL VENETO
GIUNTA REGIONALE

Address:

Palazzo Molin S. Polo, 2513

I-30125 - VENEZIA

Telephone / Fax:

+39.041.27.91.426 /
+39.041.27.91.366

Web site:

http://www.regione.veneto.it/

Newsletter:

www.epicentro.iss.it

E-mail:

ser@ulssasolo.ven.it

Contact person:

Roberto GNESOTTO
Scientific Director
Reference Center of the Regional Epidemiologic System
Via Ospedale 18
31033 Castelfranco Veneto
Italy
Tel: +39.0423.732793
Fax: +39.0423.732791
E-mail : gnesotto@ulssasolo.ven.it

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 18 months

Budget

Total cost: 364.272,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 254.990,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

In order to contribute to the European Commission's commitment to improve health monitoring, data exchange, data comparability and health information systems harmonisation in the Member States, this project aims at providing the Commission with:

1. A fully detailed organisational description in terms of structures, resources and processes of the different Member States' health information systems with particular reference to selected Surveillance Systems and Health Services Monitoring Systems.

2. A comparative analysis of the information collected as for point 1, in order to allow the identification of major differences and similarities in the information systems.

3. Operative, feasible, sustainable recommendations for the implementation of the European information system.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (184 KB)

Final report, August 2003 (717 KB)

Annexes of the final report : Country reports:

Annex 1: Austria (143 KB)
Annex 2: Belgium (514 KB)
Annex 3: France (148 KB)
Annex 4: Ireland (163 KB)
Annex 5: Veneto region (Italy) (364 KB)
Annex 6: Luxembourg (126 KB)
Annex 7: The Netherlands (1.4 MB)
Annex 8: Portugal (144 KB)
Annex 9: Spain (760 KB)
Annex 10: Sweden (240 KB)

Area of activity
Analyses and reporting

Title of Project

Benchmarking health monitoring programmes

Organization

Name:

MINISTRY FOR WOMEN, YOUTH, FAMILY AND HEALTH NORTHRHINE-WESTPHALIA

Address:

Fürstenwall 25

D-40219 - DÜ SSELDORF

Telephone / Fax:

+49.211.855.35.56 /
+49.211.855.32.39

Web site:

www.mfjfg.nrw.de

E-mail:

poststelle@mfjfg.nrw.de

Contact person:

Birgit WEIHRAUCH
E-mail : birgit.weihrauch@mfjfg.nrw.de

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

Belgium

X

Greece

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

Finland

X

Italy

Sweden

France

Luxembourg

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

X

Lithuania

X

Slovenia

X

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

X

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 18 months

Budget

Total cost: 484.114,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 338.880,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

The project aims at strengthening the European health monitoring system by reviewing best practice in regional monitoring of performance based health governance and by this to enlarge the knowledge base on regional and institutional arrangements of monitoring activities of European health system.

All organisations active in administering health services such as regional public health authorities, sickness funds, and providers are equally included. It intends to set up a learning process among European regions using the variations of regional health care regulations and activities to improve health governance and public health.

Based on international benchmarking methodology and the recommendations of the EC High Level Group on Benchmarking the project aims to identify best practice of regional health management with respect to certain tracers such as screening of cancer (early detection and immunization programs). Performance measurement is focusing on indicators of process quality and process efficiency.

Building up on other on-going HMP projects (ISARE, ECHI, etc.) the results will help MS to review the monitoring policy and make better use of the potentials of performance based governance. Health monitoring by applicant countries is particularly considered.

Outcomes of the project

Executive summary of the final report (106 KB)

Final report, March 2004 (911 KB)

Area of activity
Development of a Community-wide network for sharing health data

Title of Project

CAMON - Comprehensive cancer monitoring programme in Europe

Organization

Name:

IARC/WHO (INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER - UNIT OF DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGY / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) (FRANCE)

Address:

150, cours Albert Thomas

F-69372 - LYON CEDEX 08

Telephone / Fax:

( +33-472 ) 73 84 85 /
( +33-472 ) 73 85 75

Web site:

http://www.iarc.fr

E-mail:

dep@iarc.fr

Contact person:

Donald Maxwell PARKIN
(Project leader)
Tel: +33.4.72.73.84.82
Fax: +33.4.72.73.86.50
E-mail : parkin@iarc.fr
Web site: http://www-dep.iarc.fr

Countries participating

Member States

X

Austria

X

Germany

X

The Netherlands

X

Belgium

X

Greece

X

Portugal

X

Denmark

X

Ireland

X

Spain

X

Finland

X

Italy

X

Sweden

X

France

X

Luxembourg

X

United Kingdom

EFTA / EEA Countries

Iceland

Liechtenstein

Norway

Candidate Countries

Bulgaria

Latvia

Slovakia

Cyprus

Lithuania

Slovenia

Czech Republic

Malta

Turkey

Estonia

Poland

Hungary

Romania

Others

Starting date and
duration of project

- 1/12/2001
- 24 months

Budget

Total cost: 637.905,00 €

Subsidy from the Commission: 439.413,00 €

Statement of the project's aims

The aims of the project are:

- to develop a cancer surveillance system for cancer occurrence and outcome (incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival), permitting situation analysis and monitoring of cancer burden in the Member States of the European Union and applicant states

- to disseminate such information within the European Union and world-wide, and to make it available for incorporation into the health monitoring system of the European Union Public Health Programme.

Outcomes of the project

Interim report, June 2003 (45 KB)

Publications:

Lung cancer in Europe in 2000: epidemiology, prevention, and early detection.
The Lancet Oncology, Vol.4, January 2003.
Contact the author

F. BRAY, M. GUERRA YI, D.M. PARKIN:
The Comprehensive Cancer Monitoring Programme in Europe,
European Journal of Public Health, Volume 13, Supplement 1 ("The European Health Monitoring Programme"), September 2003