Orestis Tsigkas ESTAT-F5 JHAQ 2016 Data collection & Practical Aspects for Implementing the Commission Regulation Item 7.2 of the agenda Orestis Tsigkas ESTAT-F5 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Working Group Public Health JHAQ 2016 Data collection In 2016, the data collection of health care expenditure and financing statistics will be mandatory for all EU MSs and EEA countries under the new Commission Regulation on healthcare expenditure and financing statistics. Based on SHA 2011 methodology 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Commission Regulation Published on 4 March 2015 in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union. Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/359 of 4 March 2015 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on healthcare expenditure and financing Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2015/365 of 4 March 2015 granting derogations to certain Member States with respect to the transmission of statistics pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards statistics on healthcare expenditure and financing 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Working Group Public Health Gentlemen's Agreement Agreed by the Working Group Public Health (WGPH) in December 2013 Unanimously approved by the meeting of the Directors of Social Statistics on 3-4 April 2014 Not legally binding by definition  countries are kindly invited, on a purely voluntary basis, to do their best to respect the provisions of the gentlemen's agreement. 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Working Group Public Health Gentlemen's Agreement Historical data  as many as possible (at least 3 years) Metadata Deadline for data transmission  31st March Revisions 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection Practical arrangements Data to be submitted Template for submitting the Data Template for submitting the Metadata Electronic submission of Data & Metadata (eDAMIS) Calendar Validation and other clarifications New IT production tool in Eurostat Dissemination of results 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 1. Data to be submitted Article 5(2) of the Commission Regulation (CR) Special focus on CR variables All other variables on a voluntary basis Continuation of reporting at the most detailed level possible Reporting of policy relevant spending items: Preliminary data for t-1 “HCR.1 Long-term (social)” Total Pharmaceutical Expenditure Breakdowns of HFxFS, HKxHP, HPxFP 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 1. Data to be submitted Use of blanks and zeros Use a zero "0" when an item can be measured and it is measured to be equal or approximately equal to zero Use of blanks when data are missing: Category does not exist in the national health system Data not available Category reported elsewhere 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 1. Data to be submitted Please avoid the use of any characters other than numbers Whitespaces: difficult to detect Dashes: difficult to correct 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 2. Template for submitting the Data SHA 2011 JHAQ  template used for filling in data and submitting them to the IHAT JHAQ 2016 package SHA data tables; Methodological questionnaire Explanatory notes/guidelines, including guidelines on the use of eDAMIS and the description of the practical working arrangements of the Joint data collection. 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 2. Template for submitting the Data An “empty” default file will be sent to countries for filling in their data for the reference year 2014. Countries are encouraged to use this “empty” default file in case they want to re-submit revised SHA data tables, as no prefilled historical data files will be sent to them in 2016. 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 3. Template for submitting the Metadata Article 5(2)  Requirements for the metadata to be submitted Structure and content of SHA11-MN file to be retained with some additions Additional guidelines on the completion of the methodological file to be provided 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 3. Template for submitting the Metadata "Sources  and methods" Tab:   Section II.1 a column on “Period covered” to be added Section II.1  Information on FS, FP, HK to be provided by countries if they report the corresponding categories Section II.2  better guidelines to be give, possibly restrict it to parts of the accounts that mostly rely on estimations "Data comparability" Tab: Two Sections on "Breaks on time-series" and "Atypical entries to be added" New Tab "ICHA implementation" to be added Metadata on categories through a tabular representation similar to the SHA 1.0 methodological file 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Working Group Public Health JHAQ 2016 Data collection 4. Electronic submission of Data and Metadata – eDAMIS Article 4(2)  use of eDAMIS for data submission Dataset identifiers: HCSHA_2011NAT_A_ (for the data) HCSHA_2011MET_A_ (for methodological information) Dataset Identifiers for SHA 2011 are distinctively different from those used for SHA 1.0 data Automatic forwarding of files to OECD and WHO Use eDAMIS also for submitting revised data 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 5. Calendar Mid-January 2016: JHAQ 2016 sent to countries (reference year: 2014) Article 4(6)  Deadline: 31 May 2016 Gentlemen’s Agreement (DSS, April 2014): countries are kindly requested to submit their data by 31 March 2016, whenever this is possible. countries will make all possible efforts to deliver as soon as possible to Eurostat data for as many historical years (before 2014) as possible. 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 6. Validation and other clarifications Common (OECD, Eurostat, WHO) data validation All correspondence concerning the SHA data collection should be addressed to all three organisations If countries need to submit a revised version of the joint questionnaire, they shall use eDAMIS also for the submission of the revised data. 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 7. New IT tools in Eurostat Eurostat: new corporate IT solution for the production of statistics on health expenditure and financing according to the standards set out in the CR The whole production chain is covered: reception of data through eDAMIS, validation of data, computation of indicators and publication on Eurobase Excel files are supported any future developments regarding SDMX will coexist with modules based on Excel 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 7. New IT tools in Eurostat Minimum requirements for the IT tool: The format of the Questionnaire is not to be modified in any way (i.e. no new row/columns are either deleted or added) All filled data are in numerical format (e.g. the use of dashes or white spaces will result in an error) All data and metadata are to be submitted through eDAMIS All revisions of data and metadata are also to submitted through eDAMIS 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

JHAQ 2016 Data collection 8. Dissemination of results Data dissemination is subject to completion of data validation. A specific metadata file will have to be compiled for user benefits, based on the information provided by countries and the results of the validation process. New dissemination Tables for SHA 2011 data 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health

Working Group Public Health Conclusions The Working Group is invited to: take note of the publication of the CR on the Official Journal in March 2015 take note of the practical requirements for implementing the Commission Regulation. provide their feedback on the suggested changes on the methodological file to be used for the JHAQ 2016 data collection 26-27 November 2015 Working Group Public Health