TY - JOUR
T1 - Preventive youth health care in 11 European countries: an exploratory analysis
AU - Wieske, R.
AU - Nijhuis, M.G.
AU - Carmiggelt, B.C.
AU - Wagenaar-Fischer, M.M.
AU - Boere-Boonekamp, Magdalena M.
N1 - Open Access
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Objective: To systematically identify similarities and differences in the way preventive youth health care (YHC) is organized in 11 European countries. -
Method: Questionnaire survey to EUSUHM (European Union for School and University Health and Medicine) representatives. -
Results: The greatest similarities were found in the age range of the YHC target group and the separation of curative and preventive services. Croatia, Germany and Switzerland show the greatest differences when compared to other European countries, for example, in the access to medical records, YHC professional input and the number of examinations, immunizations and screenings. In eight countries YHC is financed by national insurances or taxation. In Germany, FYR Macedonia, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland, different forms of financing exist in parallel. - Conclusion The results should be interpreted as a preliminary step in mapping organizational features of YHC in Europe.
AB - Objective: To systematically identify similarities and differences in the way preventive youth health care (YHC) is organized in 11 European countries. -
Method: Questionnaire survey to EUSUHM (European Union for School and University Health and Medicine) representatives. -
Results: The greatest similarities were found in the age range of the YHC target group and the separation of curative and preventive services. Croatia, Germany and Switzerland show the greatest differences when compared to other European countries, for example, in the access to medical records, YHC professional input and the number of examinations, immunizations and screenings. In eight countries YHC is financed by national insurances or taxation. In Germany, FYR Macedonia, the Netherlands, Russia and Switzerland, different forms of financing exist in parallel. - Conclusion The results should be interpreted as a preliminary step in mapping organizational features of YHC in Europe.
KW - METIS-278652
KW - IR-78338
U2 - 10.1007/s00038-011-0305-1
DO - 10.1007/s00038-011-0305-1
M3 - Article
SN - 1661-8556
VL - 57
SP - 637
EP - 641
JO - International journal of public health
JF - International journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -