European Commission Eurostat D6 Eurostat activities in the

European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Eurostat activities in the area of Health Accounting OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 1

What we do… European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Ø In 2005, Eurostat will start to collect routine data on health expenditures. Ø Eurostat will only accept health expenditure data compliant to the SHA framework. Countries are invited to provide data from 2000 onward. Ø Eurostat has been supporting MS to implement SHA since 2000. This will continue. Ø Eurostat will make all health care statistics SHA compliant continuously in the years to come. OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 2

What we know so far… European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Ø The information needs at EU level are constantly growing, due to initiatives from the Commission and from the Council. Ø Providing health care statistics in a consistent way, yielding non-contradictory data, cannot be easily accomplished in MS. Ø MS may approve efforts for mapping national data into comparable international ones, using common strategies. OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 3

… what we learnt recently… European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Ø Eurostat sponsors a project on “Developing a minimum data set (MDS) for SHA data. ” Ø This project analyzes the known information needs, the suggested indicator sets, and the built-in links between different SHA variables. Ø The MDS final report should state: v which variables to include at which granularity, v which structures/concepts to use for data transfer, v which tools to use for guaranteeing data consistency. OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 4

… and what this may lead to European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Ø Recently, the contractor discussed with country representatives first ideas on a SHA-MDS. Ø Participants agreed in principle that such a MDS was needed. Ø Before further decisions can be taken, the project report must provide a complete analysis. Ø Eurostat will then negotiate with the MS, how an agreed SHA-MDS can be implemented, and in which way IT can be integrated in a useful way. OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 5

Summary European Commission – Eurostat D-6 Ø SHA is a too complex subject with too many nested variables as that the data collection could forever be organized via Excel tables. Ø So far, first ideas for a better strategy have been presented. No decisions have been taken yet. Ø More work is needed before MS can evaluate. Ø All activities aim at supporting MS. Implementing requires consent. We keep you all updated and will invite you to comment before EU decides. OECD Meeting of SHA Experts 2004 – Gunter Brückner – 07/06/2021 – Slide: 6