Last update: NB 19 November 1996

EURO-REVES : Harmonization of Health Expectancy Calculations in Europe

Euro-REVES (REVES is a french acronym which means: Réseau sur l'espérance de vie en santé) is a European Concerted Action on Harmonization of Health Expectancy Calculations in Europe.

OBJECTIVES : Harmonization of health expectancy calculations in EuropeAt a general level three broad aims may be differentiated :

1) The development of guidelines for the construction and calculation of health expectancies with a view to European harmonization of concepts, data collection, and calculation methods.

2) To provide a European data base on health expectancies from the calculations made by members of the Concerted Action teams which may be put at the disposition of individuals and organizations involved in health research and development programmes.

3) To edit a reference document describing concepts, questionnaires and calculation methods which may be used as a basis for the further promotion of calculations by other countries both within and outside Europe.

http://euroreves.ined.fr/euroreves

• Policy relevance and conceptual harmonization;
  This group will be responsible for the definition of indicators and their policy targets, conceptual harmonization, the choice of instruments and survey methods.
• Research design and calculation methods
  This group will provide recommendations on sampling, repeat survey methods, and calculation methods.
• Mental health indicators
  This group will select appropriate measures and case-finding procedures for the calculation of life-expectancy without mental impairment.

Euroreves coordination

Newsletter

• Newsletter N° 1 January 1995.
• Newsletter N° 2.
• Newsletter N° 3.

2nd EURO-REVES meeting Royal Society of Medicine, London 4-5 July 1996.

3d EURO-REVES meeting, 27-29 April 1997, Fontevrault (France)

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