Title
Selecting an indicator set for monitoring and evaluating perinatal health in Europe: Criteria, methods and results from the PERISTAT project
Author
Zeitlin, J.
Wildman, K.
Bréart, G.
Alexander, S.
Barros, H.
Blondel, B.
Buitendijk, S.E.
Gissler, M.
Macfarlane, A.
Publication year
2003
Abstract
The PERISTAT project was charged with developing an indicator set for monitoring and describing perinatal health in Europe as part of the European Commission's Health Monitoring Programme, run by the Directorate General for Health and Consumer Protection (DG-SANCO), which is working towards the establishment of a comprehensive health monitoring system at the community level. To develop its recommendations, the PERISTAT project carried out an extensive review of existing perinatal health indicators and then implemented a DELPHI consensus process with its scientific advisory committee, a panel composed of clinicians, epidemiologists and statisticians, as well as with a panel of midwives. Consensus was achieved on 10 core and 23 recommended indicators using methods that drew on and consolidated previous work in this field. Twelve of these indicators were targeted for further development and the other 21 for immediate implementation. A feasibility study, reported in the rest of this issue, was put into place to assess these recommendations. © 2003 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Subject
Health
DELPHI process
Europe
Health information systems
Indicators
Perinatal health
PERISTAT
Child health
Congenital malformation
European Union
Feasibility study
Health care system
Maternal welfare
Medical information system
Medical practice
Medical society
Newborn care
Professional practice
World health organization
Consensus
Epidemiology
Europe
Female
Health Status
Health Status Indicators
Humans
Midwifery
Perinatal Care
Pregnancy
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2003.09.002
TNO identifier
237414
ISSN
0301-2115
Source
European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 111 (SUPPL. 1)
Document type
article