Towards Explaining International Differences in Health Care Performance: Results of the EuroHOPE Project

Häkkinen, Unto; Iversen, Tor; Peltola, Mikko; Rehnberg, Clas; Seppälä, Timo

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“…Several other relevant projects have been funded under the Commission’s FP7 programme to identify and analyse health data from the perspective of cross-country comparisons including “EuroREACH” [ 47 ], “EuroHOPE” [ 13 ] and “ECHO” [ 48 ]. DG RTD funds EU research programmes as part of Horizon2020 and the Joint Research Centre (JRC).…”

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“…monitoring/forecasting, benchmarking, target-setting, cross-country comparison) should be identified and categorised accordingly. In recent years, some advanced cross-country approaches were established analysing the comparative performance of disease specific variables across countries (EuroHOPE) [ 13 ] as well as regional variations of hospital indicators (ECHO) [ 14 ]. However, there is a lack of a European-wide coherent framework addressing data needs, quality of data and guidance in using and applying indicators of HSPA.…”

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Health system performance assessment landscape at the EU level: a structured synthesis of actors and actions

Perić

Hofmarcher-Holzhacker

Simon

2017

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BackgroundMany policy makers and other stakeholders in the EU have expressed interest in better understanding the performance of their own health systems to identify opportunities for improvement in effectiveness, efficiency and equity. Health system performance assessment (HSPA) has received considerable attention at EU level as an instrument to improve transparency and accountability. This is equally important for population health and sustainable health spending. The goal of this paper is to synthesise and map the current state and developments in the field of HSPA relevant in the EU context and by this aid the navigation in the growing HSPA system, understand the available tools and identify opportunities for improvement.MethodsStructured synthesis of the literature on initiatives in the field of HSPA at EU level was carried out. Key literature was identified by a focused review performed between October 2015 and June 2016 on websites of key institutions including the EU, OECD and WHO and Google engine. We used six predefined criteria for identifying key literature. Identified initiatives were classified according to analytical and conceptual output or whether a guiding or advisory role was resumed. A visual map of the relationships between the different actions and actors involved in HSPA was developed. In addition, expert opinion was sought to refine the map.ResultsWe identified a total of 64 relevant initiatives and their relationships in the field of HSPA. These include institutions such as the European Commission (73%), European Council (8%), OECD (9%) and WHO-EUR (9%). 24 initiatives produced analytical outputs, four developed conceptual outputs and six had a guiding role. The role of the EU in HSPA and collaboration with other key actors have intensified considerably since the adoption of the EU Health Strategy in 2013. The EU HSPA landscape is complex with seemingly few streamlining activities.ConclusionsKnowledge transfer and exchange of expertise are key to HSPA. While cooperation between the key actors have intensified recently and clearly reflect the “Health in all Policies” (HIAP) approach, there is considerable room for improved streamlining activities to share knowledge and avoid overlapping efforts, especially within the European Commission.

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Health system performance assessment landscape at the EU level: a structured synthesis of actors and actions

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Simon

2017

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“…A projekt specifikus céljai a következők voltak [1,2]: -Olyan módszerek kidolgozása a meghatározott beteg ségcsoportok ellátási eredményeinek és költségeinek mérésére, amelyeket rutinszerűen lehet alkalmazni a teljes ellátási folyamatra (nem csupán az egyes ellátási epizódokra vagy eljárásokra). -Ajánlás megfogalmazása az Európai Unióban rutin szerűen gyűjtött adatokra támaszkodó, a teljesítmé nyek mérésére és folyamatos monitorozására alkalmas indikátorlistára.…”

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A EuroHOPE kutatási program módszertana

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A European Health Care Outcomes, Performance and Efficiency kutatást az Európai Unió 7. keretprogramja finan szírozta 2010-2013 között. Ennek keretében olyan módszertan került kialakításra, amely lehetővé tette a közremű ködő hét országban a regulárisan gyűjtött adatok alapján az ellátás elemzését és az eredmények egymással történő összehasonlítását öt, társadalmilag és gazdaságilag is jelentős teherrel járó diagnóziscsoportban. A szerzők ismertetik a módszertani fejlesztés főbb területeit, így 1. a módszertani alapelveket; 2. az elérhető adatbázisok és az alkalmazott kódrendszerek felmérését; 3. az elemzendő események meghatározását; 4. az elemzések és az indikátorok kialakítá sának általános szempontjait; 5. a konkrét adatgyűjtési, feldolgozási és elemzési módszertan kidolgozását; 6. a kockázatkiigazítási módszereket és 7. a standardizált adatbázis kialakítását. A közfinanszírozott ellátás minden bete gére, ellátási eseményére kiterjedő adatbázisok kimeríthetetlen és gazdag adatforrásként szolgálhatnak a döntésho zóknak, ellátóknak, kutatóknak egyaránt. A képzett indikátorok eredményei kiindulópontként szolgálnak a kiváltó okok feltárásához és az ezen okok kezelését célzó intézkedések meghatározásához. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(41), 1619-1625. Kulcsszavak: adatbázis, minőségi indikátorok, kockázatokra történő kiegyenlítés, módszerek Methods of the EuroHOPE research programThe European Health Care Outcomes, Performance and Efficiency research was financed by the European Union between 2010 and 2013. In this program a new methodology was developed which made the analysis of regularly col lected data and international benchmarking of the healthcare results of 5 socially and economically critical diagnosis group between the 7 participant countries possible. This paper presents the most important areas of the development, such as (1) the principles of the methodology, (2) the definition of available databases, code systems, (3) the events to be analysed, (4) the general rules of analyses and indicator development, (5) the exact methodology of data collection, processing, and analysis, (6) the methods of risk adjustment, (7) and the development of the standardised database. The databases which include all information of all patients and healthcare activities serve as perfect inexhaustible data sources for decision makers, healthcare personnel, and researchers. The indicator results of this program serve as starting point for further root cause analysis and development measures based on the results of the abovementioned analyses.

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“…Vi bruker de samme komorbiditene for hoftebrudd som ble brukt i EUROHOPE-prosjektet (Häkkinen et al, 2015).…”

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Towards Explaining International Differences in Health Care Performance: Results of the EuroHOPE Project

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Health system performance assessment landscape at the EU level: a structured synthesis of actors and actions

Health system performance assessment landscape at the EU level: a structured synthesis of actors and actions

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