Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

ANNEX II Domain: Health care

(a)

Aims

The aim of this domain is the provision of statistics on health care.

(b)

Scope

This domain covers the sum of activities performed either by institutions or individuals pursuing, through the application of medical, paramedical and nursing knowledge and technology, the goal of health, including long-term care, as well as related administration and management activities.

The data shall be compiled mainly from administrative sources.

(c)

Reference periods, intervals and time limits for data provision

Statistics shall be provided annually. The measures relating to the first reference year, the interval and the time limit for provision of the data shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).

(d)

Subjects covered

The harmonised and common data set to be provided shall cover the following list of subjects:

• health care facilities,

• health care human resources,

• health care utilisation, individual and collective services,

• health care expenditure and financing.

Not all subjects are necessarily to be covered at the time of each data provision. The data set shall be established following the relevant international classifications and taking into consideration the circumstances and practices in Member States.

The mobility of patients, namely their use of health care facilities in a country other than their country of residence, and of health professionals, such as those practising their profession outside the country where they obtained their first licence, shall be considered in the data collections. The quality of health care shall also be considered in the data collection.

The measures relating to the characteristics, namely variables, definitions and classifications of the subjects listed above, and the breakdown of characteristics, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).

(e)

Metadata

The measures relating to the provision of metadata, including metadata concerning characteristics of sources and compilations used, population covered and information about any national specificity essential for the interpretation and compilation of comparable statistics and indicators, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).