European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (European Union): Difference between revisions

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Type of Database: survey

Primary purpose: To measure the health status, health determinants, and healthcare access among EU citizens in a harmonized and comparable manner across Member States.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Eurostat.

Type of information: cross-sectional. comorbidities; self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; check-up examinations; periodicity of physician consultation; medication use; type of patient; screening; smoking habit; alcohol consumption; level of urbanisation; age; region; sex; income; education. Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS). Click here to learn more.

Data level: respondent level.

Number of Records: Population aged 15 or over living in private households residing in the territory of the EU countries.

Date range: 2006-2020.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers; C50: Breast cancer; C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available in "10. Accessibility and clarity", click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; GZ; CSV and TSV. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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+'''Type of information:''' [[databaseStructure::cross-sectional]]. [[availableVariable::comorbidities]]; [[availableVariable::self-perceived health]]; [[availableVariable::self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases]]; [[availableVariable::check-up examinations]]; [[availableVariable::periodicity of physician consultation]]; [[availableVariable::medication use]]; [[availableVariable::type of patient]]; [[availableVariable::screening]]; [[availableVariable::smoking habit]]; [[availableVariable::alcohol consumption]]; [[availableVariable::level of urbanisation]]; [[availableVariable::age]]; [[availableVariable::region]]; [[availableVariable::sex]]; [[availableVariable::income]]; [[availableVariable::education]]. [[hasAvailableDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS)]]. [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/hlth_det_esms.htm Click here to learn more].
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