Indicators of the health and long term care strand

The health and long-term care strand of the Open Method of Coordination focuses on indicators related to social protection. It is structured along the three objectives of the health and long-term care strand:

access to care and inequalities in outcomes,
quality of care and
long-term sustainability of systems.

Indicator	Data	Source
1st objective - access to care (including inequity in access to care) and inequalities of outcome
Primary indicators
Self reported unmet need for medical care		Eurostat/ EU-SILC
Utilisation of medical care services	Under preparation	National data
Self reported unmet need for dental care		Eurostat/ EU-SILC
Utilisation of dental care services	Under preparation	National data
The proportion of the population covered by health insurance	Under preparation	National/OECD
Life expectancy at birth, at age 45 and at age 65		Eurostat/ Demography
Life expectancy by socio-economic status	Under preparation	Eurostat/ EU-SILC & Others
Healthy life years		Eurostat/ EU-SILC & Others
Healthy life years by socio-economic status	Under preparation	Eurostat/ EU-SILC & Others
Secondary indicators
Self-perceived limitations in daily activities (activity restriction for at least the past 6 months)		Eurostat/ EU-SILC
Self-perceived general health		Eurostat/ EU-SILC
Infant mortality		Eurostat/ Demography
Infant mortality by socio-economic status	Under preparation	National data

2nd objective - quality of care: effectiveness, safety and centered on the patient
Primary indicators
Vaccination coverage in children	Under preparation	WHO
Cervical cancer screening		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Cervical cancer survival rates	Under preparation	EC/ ECHI
Colorectal cancer survival rates	Under preparation	EC/ ECHI
Satisfaction with health care services	Under preparation	Eurostat/ EHIS
Secondary indicators
Influenza vaccination for adults over 65+		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Breast cancer screening		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Breast cancer survival rate	Under preparation	Various
Perinatal mortality		Eurostat/ Demography

3rd objective - long-term sustainability of pensions: expenditure and efficiency
Primary indicators
Total health care expenditure per capita		Eurostat/ SHA
Total health care expenditure as a percentage of GDP		Eurostat/ SHA
Total long-term care health care expenditure as a percentage of GDP		Eurostat/ SHA
Projections of public expenditure on health care as a percentage of GDP	Under preparation	EPC/ AWG
Projections of public expenditure on long-term care as a percentage of GDP	Under preparation	EPC/ AWG
Hospital inpatient discharges		Eurostat/ health
Hospital daycases	Under preparation	Eurostat/ SHA
Obesity		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Secondary indicators
Sales of generics	Under preparation
Acute care bed occupancy rates	Under preaparation	OECD/ health & WHO
Average length of stay in hospital		Eurostat
Regular smokers		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Alcohol consumption		National data up to 2010 Eurostat/ EHIS
Context indicators
Practising physicians per 100 000 inhabitants		Eurostat
Nurses and midwives per 100 000 inhabitants		Eurostat
Public and private expenditure as % of GDP		Eurostat/ SHA
Total expenditure on main types of activities or functions of care		Eurostat/ SHA

* Abbreviations

EC: European Commission
EC/ECHI: European Commission/European Community Health Indicators

EPC/AWG: Economic Policy Committee working group on Ageing Population

Eurostat/Demography: Demography data collected by Eurostat

Eurostat/EHIS: European Health Interview Survey

Eurostat/EU-SILC: Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions

Eurostat/SHA: System of health accounts data
Eurostat/ health: Eurostat health

OECD-health: OECD Health data
WHO: World Health Organisation

Employment and social policy

Indicators of the health and long term care strand