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

2. 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.

3. 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: State of play (data transmission, validation and dissemination) Preliminary results on the comparability of the wave 2 variables 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)?

4. 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

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

6. 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.

7. Thank you for your attention!