Country reports: Rationale and user views

1. Country reports: Rationale and user views Carol Jagger

2. Purpose of the Country Reports • To provide results of trends and trade-offs for each MS • in a standardised format • eaily readable • without ranking countries • To provide overall values for all the EU • To provide a simple explanation of HE issues including interpretation

3. Format Four A4 pages on folded A3 • Front • HE background

4. Calculating HE What is HE Data sources HE scenarios Index of report

5. Format Four A4 pages on folded A3 • Front • HE background • Back • Overall EU values

6. LE trends by gender DFLE trends by gender Contact details

7. Format Four A4 pages on folded A3 • Front • HE background • Back • Overall EU values • Middle • Left – trends over time • Right – trade-off between HE measures

8. LE and DFLE trends for women LE and DFLE trends for men Key results

9. HE using different measures – trade-offs Key results Other national results

10. Data sources • Issue 0 • ECHP for trends • Eurobarometer for different measures – trade-offs

11. Consultation • Issue 0 of the Country Reports was prepared for each country and sent with a questionnaire to: • Public Health network • Expert network • Questionnaire had open ended questions and covered the structure, format and layout, data sources, whether results were comparable to those from national series • Replies received from 12 Public Health and 17 Experts • Very positive feedback but disliked: • use of Eurobarometer • Use of compositie indicator from Eurobarometer

12. Future Country Reports • Issue 0 • ECHP for trends • Eurobarometer for different measures – trade-offs • Issue 1 • ECHP for trends • SILC (SHARE) for different measures – trade-offs • Further issues • SILC for trends and trade-offs • EHIS (better comparability across countries)

13. UK briefing for Ministers