EUROHIS: Developing Common Instruments for Health Surveys

A joint project of the World Health Organization's Regional Office for Europe and the European Commission's BIOMED2 program, EUROHIS was established to develop common survey instruments to allow for the comparison of national health indicators. The project has resulted in a set of recommended common instruments for indicators related to chronic physical conditions, mental health, alcohol consumption, physical activity, use of curative medical service, use of medicines, use of preventive health care, and quality of life. This volume describes the project and reports on the methodologies used to develop the instruments, their field performance, and recommendations for their use. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR