Title
Creating a coherent set of indicators to monitor health across Europe: The Euro-REVES 2 project
Author
TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Robine, J.M.
Jagger, C.
Egidi, V.
Gispert, R.
Nusselder, W.
Perenboom, R.
Rasmussen, N.
Ritchie, K.
van den Berg, J.
van Oyen, H.
Publication year
2003
Abstract
The Euro-REVES 2 project, 'Setting up of a coherent set of health expectancies for the European Union', was begun in 1998 under the European Health Monitoring Programme with the aim of selecting a concise set of instruments to simultaneously monitor mortality and the different facets of health. An in-depth analysis of the current health survey instruments in Europe together with a review of past research, found that, although harmonization in instruments appeared to exist superficially, major differences existed. Four instruments have been recommended (where necessary using existing instruments with modifications suggested by the research literature) covering physical and sensory functional limitations, activity restriction, self-perceived health and mental health. Additionally a new global activity limitation indicator (GALI) has been developed. These instruments are firmly anchored to past research and the health concepts behind the indicators and their relevance to policy and guidelines for implementation are explicitly made. The second phase of the project will recommend further instruments, leading to health expectancies that cover all the conceptual framework of population health measurement. This will allow assessment of health inequalities between the European Union countries, an appreciation of the causes and the production of profiles for each country in terms of the various facets of health.
Subject
Disability
Health expectancy
Health indicators
Self-perceived health
health care management
health program
health survey
monitoring
mortality
review
self concept
Activities of Daily Living
Chronic Disease
Disabled Persons
Europe
European Union
Health Status Indicators
Humans
International Cooperation
Mental Health
Morbidity
Population Surveillance
Psychometrics
Public Health Informatics
Quality of Life
Self Efficacy
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/13.suppl_3.6
TNO identifier
237242
ISSN
1101-1262
Source
European Journal of Public Health, 13 (13), 6-14
Document type
article