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European Collaboration for Healthcare Optimization

Acronym
ECHO
Leading institute
INSTITUTO ARAGONES DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD (IACS)
Aim of the Research Network

ECHO aimed at building a common knowledge infrastructure based on existing datasets, which ultimately allowed international healthcare performance comparisons.
Conceived as a pilot study, ECHO set about the task of bringing together patient-level data from Denmark, England, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain, and contextual information -demographic, socioeconomic, and healthcare supply data.
This knowledge infrastructure allows evaluating more than 40 performance indicators, carefully developed to avoid inappropriate cross-country comparisons.

Topics
Health systems » Health system performance » Quality » Care
Health systems » Health system performance » Costs/expenditure
Health systems » Health system performance » Access
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » Non-communicable diseases (excluding cancer)
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Benchmarking
Delivery of Health Care
hospital in-patient data
Indicator set
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European monitoring of excess mortality for public health action

Acronym
EURO-MOMO
Aim of the Research Network

To develop and operate a routine public health mortality monitoring system aimed at detecting and measuring, on a real-time basis, excess number of deaths related to influenza and other possible public health threats across European countries.

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The European Injury Data Base

Acronym
IDB
Aim of the Research Network

Surveillance system that provides information on non-fatal unintentional injuries such as home injuries, sports and leisure, workplace and road injuries; in addition to intentional injuries resulting from violence and self-harm.

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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Acronym
SHARE
Aim of the Research Network

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a research infrastructure for studying the effects of health, social, economic and environmental policies over the life-course of European citizens and beyond. From 2004 until today, 530,000 in-depth interviews with 140,000 people aged 50 or older from 28 European countries and Israel have been conducted.

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Ageing cohorts
Health Interview Surveys
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EURO-PERISTAT

Acronym
Euro-Peristat
Leading institute
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
Aim of the Research Network

The objective of the Euro-Peristat Network is to establish a high quality, innovative, internationally recognized and sustainable European perinatal information system. This system's goal is to produce data and analysis on a regular basis for use by national, European and international stakeholders who make decisions about the health and health care of pregnant women and newborns.

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European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Acronym
EuroSafe
Aim of the Research Network

EuroSafe is a non-governmental organisation, representing organisations and individuals working to prevent injury and to promote safety. This includes policies and actions for promoting child safety, consumer safety, safety for seniors, safety of vulnerable road users, safety in sports and the prevention of violence and self harm.

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The European Burden of Disease Network - COST Action CA18218

Acronym
EBoDN
Aim of the Research Network

What are the most relevant diseases in a country? Which risk factors are the strongest contributors to disease and death? How is the impact of different diseases evolving over time, and how does it compare between countries and within subnational units? As the need for prioritising the use of available resources constantly increases, a timely, sound and comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions is more than ever needed to inform public health decision making.

Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability
Health status » Mortality
Determinants of health
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Disability-Adjusted Life Years
Comparative Risk Assessment
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European Health Examination Survey

Acronym
EHES
Leading institute
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland - THL
Aim of the Research Network

European Health Examination Survey (EHES) was a collaboration between organizers of national health examination surveys (HES) in Europe. EHES supported capacity building in the EU Member States and aimed to ensure high quality and comparability of the surveys.

Topics
Determinants of health » Socioeconomic and demographic factors
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Self-reported health status
Determinants of health » Individual characteristics and behaviours
Health status » Wellbeing
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases
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COVID-19
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