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EHEMU PROGRAMME FOR 2007

EHEMU provides annual comparable health expectancy estimates for all EU countries, analyzes and interprets the results, and educates policymakers and the public. The program focuses on health expectancy as an indicator of population health.

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EHEMU PROGRAMME FOR 2007

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  1. EHEMU PROGRAMME FOR 2007 Herman Van Oyen and Aurore Clavel

  2. Purpose of EHEMU • To provide annual comparable health expectancy estimates for • all European Union countries, in association with Eurostat • To analyse and interpret the results • To educate policy makers, politicians and the public in health • expectancy as an indicator of population health

  3. European Health Expectancy Monitoring Unit (EHEMU) • Providing annual comparable values • Analysing and interpreting the results • Educating about health expectancies

  4. Remaining work Four remaining tasks • Web site • Calculations from SILC data • Country reports • Scientific papers

  5. Web site • New primary data Version 2 End of January 2007 SILC 2005 as soon as available • New meta data • bibliography • glossary • interpreting health expectancy Version 3 End of May 2007

  6. SILC data • How is your health in general ?1. Very Good2. Good3. Fair4. Bad5. Very Bad => LE in good perceived health • Do you have any long-standing illness or health problem?1. Yes2. No => LE without chronic morbidity • For at least the last 6 months have you been limited in activities people • usually do, because of a health problem? 1. Yes, strongly limited2. Yes, limited3. Not limited => LE without activity limitation (HLY)

  7. Country reports Consultation about Issue 0 • Issue 0 of the Country Reports was prepared for each country (15 of the ECHP) and sent with a questionnaire to the: • 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: • Eurobarometer • composite indicator from Eurobarometer

  8. Country reports Future issues • Conserve the same structure Four A4 pages on folded A3 • Front • HE background • Back • Overall EU values • Middle • Left – trends over time • Right – trade-off between HE measures • Change the data used • Issue 1 available for 25 countries at the end of May 2007

  9. Scientific papers • Paper based on the SHARE report • Estimates of HLY in Europe using SILC data • Generic indicator : conceptual • Comparisons of different surveys

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