1. Morbidity statistics Item 10 of the agenda
Margarida Domingues de Carvalho ESTAT-F5
16-17 December 2014
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2. Working Group Public Health
Morbidity Statistics
Legal background of the action
Framework Regulation (EC) 1338/2008: legal basis for Eurostat´s Public Health Statistics
Annex 1: the domain of health status and health determinants covers statistics from surveys and "other statistics compiled from administrative sources such as those on morbidity".
16-17 December 2014
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Morbidity Statistics
Previous actions
2007: Morbidity statistics development group (MSDG): “Principles and guidelines for diagnosis-specific morbidity statistics”
: 16 feasibility studies
2011: Ad-hoc Task Force on Morbidity Statistics (TF MORB)
2013: Discussion of the TF MORB report at the Technical Group meeting on Morbidity Statistics
2014: "Morbidity statistics in the EU - Report on pilot studies"
2014: Workshop on morbidity statistics
16-17 December 2014
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Morbidity Statistics
Eurostat Grants 2014
Work Package 1 - Inventory on Morbidity statistics in Member States
All countries could apply individually.
Work Package 2 - Coordination group on inventories activities and methodologies for morbidity statistics
A group of countries could apply by submitting a multi-beneficiary application with one country taking the lead.
16-17 December 2014
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Morbidity Statistics
Eurostat Grants 2014
Countries who successfully applied:
Work Package 1 – National Inventories on Morbidity Statistics:
AT, BE, CZ, FI, FR, HR, HU, MT, NL, NO, PL, SI, UK
Work Package 2 – Expert group coordinating the national inventories:
UK/LT/IT/FI
16-17 December 2014
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Morbidity Statistics
Work Package 1 - National Inventories on Morbidity Statistics
Expected results:
Description of the sources for best estimates of morbidity indicators at national level (existing or planned in the near future), including their potential limits in terms of quality;
Description of the current national methodology for calculating best estimates for the morbidity indicators included in the Eurostat prioritised Shortlist;
Description of methods that can be used/developed for reaching full population representativeness;
Assessment of sustainability of a regular morbidity data collection over time.
16-17 December 2014
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Morbidity Statistics
Work Package 2 – Expert group for coordinating the national inventories
Expected results:
Develop and implement a system for a continuous feed-back to participants of Work Package 1;
Ensure that the national inventories will meet the requirements, with particular view on the final goal: to allow a sound analysis of national methodologies on morbidity statistics in view of comparable statistics at EU-level.
If a second round will be launched in 2015 the same requirements for coordinating the additional countries will apply.
16-17 December 2014
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8. Morbidity Statistics - Approximate timetable
Work Package 1 shall start by February 2015 and will last a maximum of 12 months.
Depending on availability of Commission funding, a second call for the inventory will be launched in 2015 for those MS who could not apply for the 2014 action.
Work Package 2 shall start by January 2015 and will have an estimated duration of up to 30 months, given a second round of national inventories in 2016.
16-17 December 2014
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Conclusions
Working Group members are invited to:
Take note of the state of play of the action plan in Morbidity Statistics
2-3 December 2013
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