First meeting of the Task Force on the review of the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) Luxembourg, 11-12 May 2016 Point 1.4: Priorities from DG SANTE DG SANTE Fabienne Lefebvre, Country knowledge and scientific committee Unit (SANTE.C2)

Mission letter by President Juncker (1 November 2014) to Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, in charge of Health and Food Safety Developing expertise on performance assessments of health systems, drawing lessons from recent experience, and from EU- funded research projects to build up country-specific and cross- country knowledge which can inform policies at national and European level.

Implementation of the EHIS wave 2 Implementation of the European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) whose recommended source is the EHIS Use of EHIS wave 2 data for the joint OECD / European Commission report 'Health at a Glance Europe 2016' (mid- July 2016) DG SANTE questions on EHIS wave 2: 2.1. State of play (data transmission, validation and dissemination) 2.2. Preliminary results on the comparability of the wave 2 variables 2.3. Discussion about problems that occurred in EHIS wave 2 and possible solutions ? What about countries which participated to the pilot phase of EHIS (wave 1)?

Implementation of the EHIS wave 2 ECHI, health status 21(a). Diabetes: self-reported prevalence 23(a). Depression: self-reported prevalence 26(a). Asthma: self-reported prevalence 27(a). Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): self-reported prevalence 29(a). Injuries: home, leisure, school: self-reported incidence 30(a). Injuries: road traffic: self-reported incidence 36. Physical and sensory functional limitations 37. General musculoskeletal pain (D) ? 38. Psychological distress (D) ? 39. Psychological well-being (D) ? ECHI, health determinants 42. Body mass index 43. Blood pressure 44. Regular smokers 47. Hazardous alcohol consumption (D) 49. Consumption of fruit 50. Consumption of vegetables 52. Physical activity 54. Social support (D) ECHI, health interventions/services 57. Influenza vaccination rate in elderly 58. Breast cancer screening 59. Cervical cancer screening 60. Colon cancer screening 71. General practitioner (GP) utilisation (D) ? 72. Selected outpatient visits (D) ? 74. Medicine use, selected groups (D) ECHI under development (D) ? ECHI under development with uncertainty on source to use In bold Implemented indicators

The ECHI Data tool Implementation of the EHIS wave 1 usually by sex, age groups and educational level

Implementation of the EHIS wave 3 One reference year! ECHIM recommends age-standardized data (2012) BRIDGE-Health project ends in November 2017! On time for EHIS wave 3? New variables - Sugar intake, breastfeeding, mental health, migrants' health - After this meeting, consultation of DG SANTE to collect new possible needs.

Thank you for your attention! Fabienne.Lefebvre@ec.europa.eu