Bìznes Inform (Sep 2018)
The Informational and Analytical Provision of Injuries Prevention
Abstract
The article is aimed at developing the methodological foundations of statistical research of injuries as a base of building an informational-analytical and methodical provision of their preventing. The necessity to use reliable data on health condition, use of medical services and determinant of health is substantiated. As an example of instrument for collecting such information, used in international practice, the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) is considered. The main European indicators of health status related to injuries (the European Core Health Indicator – ECHI) are defined. The statistical data on the main indicators of health status according to the ECHI, concerning injuries, are analyzed by the world countries for 2013-2015. Special attention is paid to the definition of peculiarities of formation of one of the main international standardized databases on health care – the European Injury Data Base (IDB). The distribution of injury results in the EU is considered by severity together with the structure of registered injuries in 2012–2015.
