1. Conclusions of the meeting
Christine Coin ESTAT-F5
26-27 November 2015
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2. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL MATTERS
Item 1: the WG was informed about the current rules limiting the number of representatives per country to EC meetings. The WG approved the agenda of the meeting. Item 2.1: the WG has been informed on the recent developments concerning Public Health at EU Commission's level (by DG SANTE, EMPL and ECFIN)
26-27 November 2015
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3. INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL MATTERS
Item 2.2:
the WG has been informed on new legal rules adopted/under discussion at EU level on personal data protection. In the current version of the proposal a derogation is granted to statistical data due to their public interest. Standard safeguard measures should be taken by statistical authorities
26-27 November 2015
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4. HEALTH AND DISABILITY SURVEYS
Item 3 – Modernisation of social statistics:
The WG was informed on state of play of the modernisation of social statistics in particular on the IESS (Integrated European Social Statistics) regulation
26-27 November 2015
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5. HEALTH AND DISABILITY SURVEYS
Item 4.1:
WG took note on the current state of the implementation of EHIS wave 2 (transmission, validation of microdata, metadata)
In relation to the indicators manual, the WG supported to use age and sex standardisation of indicators; Eurostat will launch a 2nd consultation of TG HIS on the manual (deadline 2nd half of January 2016); special focus will be on the treatment of proxies and missing values in indicators calculation
Regarding a submission of provisional aggregated data, mixed views were expressed by the concerned countries (DE, DK, IE, IT, NO)
26-27 November 2015
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6. HEALTH AND DISABILITY SURVEYS
Item 4.2:
The WG was informed on the recent Eurostat activities for disseminating statistics on persons with disabilities and on the recommendations made by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the initial report of the European Union as regards EU statistics
26-27 November 2015
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HEALTH SURVEYS
Item 4.3.1:
The WG was informed on proposals for future EHIS in the context of the modernisation
The WG was invited to comment by 4 December 2015 on the technical elements of Eurostat‘s proposals for EHIS wave 4 (in IESS) in particular concerning precision requirements
The WG was encouraged to consider having 2019 as a common reference year for EHIS wave 3
The WG agreed to the time table and the activities (TF and tender) regarding the EHIS wave 3 developments
26-27 November 2015
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8. Working Group Public Health
HEALTH SURVEYS
Item 4.3.2: The WG was informed on the future SILC rolling modules and the future testing
Item GALI:
The WG was informed on the Eurostat’s proposal to introduce GALI in LFS every 2 years
Eurostat will launch the consultation of other WGs on P2 variables, proposing option 2 for GALI and including a note about the mixed opinion of WG PH as regards the operationalisation of GALI
The WG took note about the possibilities to test the routed version of GALI, in particular in EHIS wave 3
26-27 November 2015
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HEALTH SURVEYS
Item Standardisation of social variables:
The WG was informed on the process of standardisation of social variables
The WG was invited to comment on the methodological guidelines (standard sheets) for P1 variables until 15 December 2015
26-27 November 2015
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10. HEALTH CARE NON EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 5.1: The WG has been informed on the state of play regarding the 2015 data collection and on the changes and timetable for the 2016 data collection
Item 5.2:
The WG supported the up-dated approach and timetable for a Commission Regulation proposed by Eurostat
The participants agreed to transmit their national plans to improve data delivery & quality by end of March (using the template made available through the call for proposal sent in July 2015)
26-27 November 2015
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11. STATISTICS ON CAUSES OF DEATHS
Item 6:
The WG has been informed on the state of play on the and 2013 data collection and dissemination, and on future steps
Countries have been invited to send COD 2013 data at their earliest convenience and latest by 31 December 2015
26-27 November 2015
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12. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.1 – JHAQ 2015 data collection:
The WG took note of the JHAQ 2015 data collection round
Remaining countries are invited to clarify their intention to submit data for JHAQ 2015
Countries are invited to respond to validation messages sent by the IHAT as soon as possible and latest by 4 December 2015
The WG was informed on the new dissemination tables for SHA 2011 (compared to SHA 1.0)
The WG took note that 18 MS sent SHA 2011 data and the remaining 10 countries are strongly encouraged to ensure that next year data is submitted according to SHA 2011
26-27 November 2015
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13. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.1 – Pilot collection:
The WG took note of the progress made in implementing the SHA 2011 methodology as demonstrated by the pilot testing over a 3-years period
26-27 November 2015
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14. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.2:
The WG took note of the publication of the Commission Regulation on the Official Journal in March 2015
The WG took note of the practical requirements for the data collection (data to be submitted, template for submitting the data and the metadata, deadline for data and metadata submission, use of eDAMIS for any data transmission, and the common validation process with OECD and WHO)
The WG was invited to send SHA 2011 data for next year already by 31 March 2016 (Gentleman’s agreement) and latest by 31 May 2016 (regulation)
26-27 November 2015
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15. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.2:
The WG was invited to send next year also historical data and possible revisions (Gentlemen's Agreement)
The WG approved the suggested changes on the methodological note to be used for the JHAQ 2016
The WG took note of the special attention to be given to 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
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16. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.3:
The WG took note of the main results and findings of the long-term care and OOP questionnaire
The WG was invited to incorporate the results of the presented study in the reporting of LTC and OOP
The WG took note that further work through the TF SHA is postponed to end of 2016 at the earliest
26-27 November 2015
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17. HEALTH CARE EXPENDITURE STATISTICS
Item 7.4:
The WG took note of the current state-of-pay of the HeDiC project
The WG was informed that discussions on the follow-up of this project will take place at the WG 2016
26-27 November 2015
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MORBIDITY STATISTICS
Item 8:
The WG was informed by the coordination group of the Project on Inventories of Morbidity Statistics on the progresses made and on the next steps
The WG was informed that a workshop is planned for October and further discussions on the follow-up of this project will take place at WGPH 2017
26-27 November 2015
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19. Working Group Public Health
ICD REVISION
Item 9:
The WG was informed on the state-of-play on the revision of the ICD
The WG is invited to send comments on the ICD11 revision by beginning of February 2016
26-27 November 2015
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20. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS/AOB
Item 10: The WG has been informed on the meetings on Public Health planned by Eurostat in 2016 Item 11: The WG has been informed on the new online publication on Eurostat's website entitled "Health in the European Union – facts and figures" Item 12: -
26-27 November 2015
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