ECHIM Final Report
ECHIM Final Report
ECHIM Final Report
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SUMMARY<br />
Technical information<br />
Project financed by the<br />
European Commission<br />
Title of the project<br />
General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection/<br />
Programme of Community Action in the Field of Public Health<br />
2003–2008/Strand of Health Information and Knowledge<br />
European Community Health Indicators and Monitoring<br />
(<strong>ECHIM</strong>)<br />
Reference of the project 2004118<br />
Duration of the project 1.5.2005–30.9.2008 (36 + 5 months)<br />
Project leader<br />
Professor Arpo Aromaa. National Public Health Institute,<br />
Department of Health and Functional Capacity.<br />
Mannerheimintie 166, FI-00300 Helsinki, Finland.<br />
DG SANCO<br />
Antoni Montserrat<br />
representatives<br />
Countries involved Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech<br />
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,<br />
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,<br />
Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak<br />
Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom<br />
Candidate Countries: Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of<br />
Macedonia, Turkey<br />
EFTA/EEA countries: Norway, Iceland, Switzerland<br />
Other European countries: Serbia<br />
<strong>Report</strong> status<br />
<strong>Final</strong><br />
Date December 2008<br />
GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To advance health monitoring in the EU and all EU Member<br />
States by developing relevant, valid and comparable health indicators and making them<br />
available in the EU and in most Member States.<br />
MAIN SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: 1) To develop the ECHI shortlist indicators and<br />
their definitions; 2) To assess the availability and comparability of the ECHI shortlist<br />
indicators and their data sources; 3) To create a network of 1–3 health indicator<br />
experts from each Member State; 4) To maintain liaison with the Member States and<br />
their institutes, the Public Health Programme, other Working Parties, Eurostat, the<br />
OECD, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, and other national and international<br />
organisations; 5) To carry out the first phase of the ECHI shortlist implementation in<br />
most Member States; 6) To develop the <strong>ECHIM</strong> Products website; and 7) To act as<br />
the scientific secretariat for the Working Party Indicators and coordinate its projects<br />
horizontally.<br />
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE & CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROGRAMME:<br />
<strong>ECHIM</strong> implemented core tasks of the Public Health Programme 2003–2008 and<br />
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