This book deals with the Finnish national health examination surveys carried out over fifty
years. It presents their implementation, study populations and methods as well as the …

This report deals with the experiences and problems with using official statistics on a limited
area level of Germany's 440 administrative districts. The data comprised health-related …

The Data Collection Methodology Branch (DCM) of the Office for National Statistics, UK
(ONS) was commissioned by the Scientific Institute of Public Health, Brussels (IPH) to …

• Finland's legislation obliges the public authorities to the promote the health and well-being
of people and implement equity in the quality and availability of services. Using knowledge …

Because of its important role in the health policy-making process, monitoring of population
health and wellbeing is listed by the WHO as the first of 10 essential public health …

Background Declining response rates in population surveys may decrease the
representativeness and introduce bias in survey results. This study investigated …

Abstract The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and
comprise a total population of approximately 27 million. The countries provide unique …

The systematic existence of health inequalities between different socioeconomic groups is
indeed well established. While most extensively documented in Western Europe [2] and …