The collection ‘Public health’ has been divided into three domains:
- Health care:
- health care expenditure:
Health care expenditure data provide information on expenditure in the functionally defined area of health distinct by provider category (e.g. hospitals, general practitioners), function category (products and services) and financing agent (e.g. social security, private insurance company, household). The definitions and classifications of the System of Health Accounts (SHA) are followed. - health care non-expenditure:
Non-expenditure health care data cover 'health care human resources' (physicians, dentists, nursing and caring professionals, etc) as well as hospital statistics (hospital beds, surgical procedures in hospitals, high-tech equipment and patient related data,i.e. hospital discharges by disease). - health care indicators from surveys: tables on perceived unmet needs for medical or dental care, consultations of health care professionals, hospitalisation, cancer screening, etc.
- health status indicators from surveys: tables on self-perceived health, life styles and restrictions. Data on health conditions also play a role in the calculation of the "healthy life years expectancy". This collection includes also tables on employment of disabled persons based on a 2002 ad hoc module of the Labour Force survey.
- causes of death:
Eurostat disseminates COD statistics according to a shortlist of 65 causes ('Causes of death – European shortlist', based on the ICD – International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, WHO). Data are available at national and regional level (NUTS 2) for total number, crude death rates (CDR) and standardised death rates (SDR), broken down by age groups and by sex.
Around 40 indicators from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) will be released in November 2010. These indicators cover topics on health status, health determinants and health care for 18 countries. Some first and partial results on care of dependent elderly were computed and are available on request. These concern care by family and/or home care services for people aged 65 and more who have limitations in daily activities
The tables compiled for the collection ‘Public health’ are the product of data provided mainly by the national statistical institutes and the ministries of health or other national competent institutes. Disaggregation by age, sex and other variables are provided where available. Some tables contain also regional data. The emphasis is on basic data and well-known common measures, such as rates and ratios.
