The selection and definition of indicators in public health monitoring for the 65+ age group in Germany

Autor: Maike M. Grube, Christa Scheidt-Nave, Beate Gaertner, Denise Lüdtke, Michael Bosnjak, Stephanie Heinrich, Nils Lahmann, Gabriele Meyer, Kilian Rapp, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Martina Schäufele, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Susanne Zank, Judith Fuchs
Jazyk: German<br />English
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Health Monitoring, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp 86-101 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2511-2708
DOI: 10.25646/5990
Popis: Selecting relevant indicators is an important step in the development of public health monitoring for older people. Indicators can be used to combine information comprehensively from various data sources and enable recurring, comparable findings to be made about the health of older people. Indicators were systematically compiled from existing international monitoring systems. An indicator set on health in old age was developed using a multistage, structured consensus-based process together with an interdisciplinary panel of experts. The resulting 18 indicators were assigned to three health areas: (1) environmental factors, (2) activities and participation, and (3) personal factors. Data sources that can be used for the indicators are the health surveys within the framework of the Robert Koch Institute’s (RKI) health monitoring system, as well as surveys from other research institutes and official statistics. In the future, the indicator set is to be developed further and integrated into an overall approach that is geared towards health reporting and the monitoring of chronic diseases in all phases of life.
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