ArticleHealth research policy and systems2017
Is there enough research output of EU projects available to assess and improve health system performance? An attempt to understand and categorise the output of EU projects conducted between 2002 and 2012.
Article in Health research policy and systems, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- EU health information progress: the harvest of policy supporting projects and networks.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2022Article
- New indicators and indexes for benchmarking university-industry-government innovation in medical and life science clusters: results from the European FP7 Regions of Knowledge HealthTIES project.Health research policy and systems · 2019Article
- Headline indicators for monitoring the performance of health systems: findings from the european Health Systems_Indicator (euHS_I) survey.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdequate performance assessment benefits from the use of disaggregated data to allow a proper evaluation of health systems. Since routinely collected data are usually not disaggregated enough to allow stratified analyses of healthcare needs, utilisation, cost and quality across different sectors, international research projects could fill this gap by exploring means to data collection or even providing individual-level data. The aim of this paper is therefore to (1) study the availability and accessibility of relevant European-funded health projects, and (2) to analyse their contents and methodologies.
methodsThe European Commission Public Health Projects Database and CORDIS were searched for eligible projects, which were then analysed by information openly available online.
resultsOverall, only a few of the 39 identified projects produced data useful for proper performance assessment, due to, for example, lacking available or accessible data, or poor linkage of health status to costs and patient experiences. Other problems were insufficient databases to identify projects and poor communication of project contents and results.
conclusionsA new approach is necessary to improve accessibility to and coverage of data on outcomes, quality and costs of health systems enabling decision-makers and health professionals to properly assess performance.
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