INDICATORS
ECHIM Final Report
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selected health indicators with time series and breakdowns which are accessible online.<br />
ÖBIG hosts a geographical information system that presents data and time trends with<br />
reference to geographical regions.<br />
Main problems: The implementation of some indicators is difficult, as there is no<br />
political will for doing it. Apart from that budgetary restrictions make the collection<br />
of data for new indicators improbable. There are no current or future plans to perform<br />
national HES in Austria. The linkage of hospital discharge data and other data sources is<br />
problematic because a unique patient identification number does not exist. Accordingly<br />
it is not possible to link health data to population registers, others than the health data<br />
gathered by the Austrian census. By contrast indicators derived from the ATHIS 2006<br />
can be stratified by socioeconomic variables. Child health checkups are performed in<br />
schools, but it is not possible to use them at the moment. Sentinel networks are mainly<br />
operating for infectious diseases. Austrian HIS is not exactly the current version of<br />
EHIS, but a follow-up version after 5 years maybe closer to EHIS (but EHIS may also<br />
change after the first round).<br />
Ongoing and/or expected improvements: Health insurance data are becoming<br />
available and aggregated data are now provided by the insurance companies. A stroke<br />
register is starting in Austria.<br />
Possible solutions for implementation: Due to lack of political will and budgetary<br />
restrictions, the implementation of the indicators not yet available will be difficult. A<br />
clear limitation of the indicator set and the framework regulation on public health<br />
statistics will thus be supportive: the indicators should be based on existing sources,<br />
indicators that are very expensive or available in only a few countries should be deleted.<br />
Funding by the European Commission would help.<br />
Country Report, data availability<br />
ECHIM Survey, data availability<br />
Health Status<br />
Health Determinants<br />
Health Care<br />
Record linkage, present<br />
Record linkage, future<br />
Implementation prerequisites<br />
Main problem: Funding/manpower<br />
Main improvement: New HIS<br />
Main solution: Regulations from EC / Eurostat<br />
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