INDICATORS

SLOVENIA
Data availability by Country Report: 65% of ECHI shortlist indicators are available
in international data sources. The ECHI shortlist section for which there are most data
missing is Health Services.
Data availability by ECHIM Survey: 87% of ES indicators are available at the national
level. Most of the data for the indicators can be derived from surveys, particularly EHIS.
Hospital data come mainly from registers. Most missing indicators are particularly
control-type (e.g. screenings by PSA, cancer treatment quality, diabetes control).
Data availability in European context: Data availability in Slovenia is better than
European average considering the ES, and very close to European average considering
the CR. Much data come from registers. On the other hand, EHIS has been already
conducted, and therefore most HIS data can be derived from it. Moreover, despite
a national HES has not been conducted, much HES data can be derived from the
Database on Cardiovascular Risk Factors. It is a cumulative data reserve that has been
running for ca 5 years, and already contains data for about 200 000 adults, i.e. 10% of
the total population.
Overall situation of data sources: The Institute of Public Health of the Republic of
Slovenia (www.ivz-rs.si) is the designated organisation for health statistics that hosts
most registers, is responsible of conducting EHIS and participates in the national
and European statistical Systems. Other notable organisations include the Institute of
Oncology (Cancer Register; www.onko-i.si), Ljubljana Health Care Centre (CINDI,
Database on Cardiovascular Risk Factors) and Ljubljana University Clinical Centre
(Diabetes in Children). In the health care system the health insurance identity number
is used in record linkage, in some routine systems also the unique identity number.
However the collection is not complete and therefore the possibilities of linkage are
limited. The possibilities to link records will improve in the future mainly because of
the improvement of electronic information system, the use of new health insurance card
and the introduction of e-prescriptions and other e-applications.
Health reporting: The Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia publishes
the Health Statistics Yearbook. Also several topic specific reports are published by the
Institute of Public Health: national perinatal and maternal mortality reports, reports
on foetal deaths and premature mortality, reports on alcohol use and illegal drug use,
treatment demand and drug-related deaths, HIV/AIDS report, reports on communicable
diseases, immunisation and prescribed drugs, and water quality statistics report. The
institute of Oncology publishes regular reports on cancer. Most of the reports are
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