The selection and definition of indicators in public health monitoring for the 65+ age group in Germany

Grube, Maike M.; Scheidt-Nave, Christa; Gaertner, Beate; Lüdtke, Denise; Bosnjak, Michael; Heinrich, Stephanie; Lahmann, Nils; Meyer, Gabriele; Rapp, Kilian; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Schäufele, Martina; Wolf-Ostermann, Karin; Zank, Susanne; Fuchs, Judith

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@article{ Grube2019,
 title = {The selection and definition of indicators in public health monitoring for the 65+ age group in Germany},
 author = {Grube, Maike M. and Scheidt-Nave, Christa and Gaertner, Beate and Lüdtke, Denise and Bosnjak, Michael and Heinrich, Stephanie and Lahmann, Nils and Meyer, Gabriele and Rapp, Kilian and Riedel-Heller, Steffi and Schäufele, Martina and Wolf-Ostermann, Karin and Zank, Susanne and Fuchs, Judith},
 journal = {Journal of Health Monitoring},
 number = {2},
 pages = {86-101},
 volume = {4},
 year = {2019},
 issn = {2511-2708},
 doi = {https://doi.org/10.25646/5990},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-72230-3},
 abstract = {Selecting relevant indicators is an important step in the development of public health monitoring for older people. Indicators can be used to combine information comprehensively from various data sources and enable recurring, comparable findings to be made about the health of older people. Indicators were systematically compiled from existing international monitoring systems. An indicator set on health in old age was developed using a multistage, structured consensus-based process together with an interdisciplinary panel of experts. The resulting 18 indicators were assigned to three health areas: (1) environmental factors, (2) activities and participation, and (3) personal factors. Data sources that can be used for the indicators are the health surveys within the framework of the Robert Koch Institute’s (RKI) health monitoring system, as well as surveys from other research institutes and official statistics. In the future, the indicator set is to be developed further and integrated into an overall approach that is geared towards health reporting and the monitoring of chronic diseases in all phases of life.},
 keywords = {Public Health; public health; Observation; surveillance; Alter; old age; Indikator; indicator; Gesundheit; health; Monitoring; monitoring; altersspezifische Faktoren; age-specific factors; alter Mensch; elderly; Indikatorenbildung; construction of indicators; Indikatorenforschung; indicator research; Altersgruppe; age group; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany}}