INDICATORS

Main problems are of financial and structural nature. There is some lack of general,
national policy making and lack of funding.
Ongoing and/or expected improvements: Data collection among private practising
specialists is starting. Furthermore structural changes as a new organisational body, the
Health Insurance Institute is established. It is to provide the framework for purchasing
health care on behalf of the public. This institute will need a great deal of information
on which to build their decisions to purchase. This will in turn hopefully lead to more
funding being put into the collection of data. Cooperation between organisations has
been increased e.g. with a project called Health Data Warehouse. In this project, data
on the elderly have been gathered from several organisations and linked with a website
that displays maps and statistics. This website will launch in 2008.
Possible solutions for implementation: The ECHI system needs to be properly
presented and promoted by those responsible in the country. Step by step the system
will hopefully lead to more data being collected and registers being adjusted to provide
more data.
Country Report, data availability
ECHIM Survey, data availability
Health Status
Health Determinants
Health Care
Record linkage, present
Record linkage, future
Implementation prerequisites
Main problem: Funding / manpower
Main improvement: ECHI shortlist already being implemented at least partly
Main solution: Include ECHI recommendations in national health strategies
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