The European data protection legislation and its consequences for public health monitoring: A plea for action

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 550-551

  Verschuuren, Marieke ^a   Badeyan, Gérard ^b   Carnicero, Javier ^c   Gissler, Mika ^d   Asciak, Renzo Pace ^e   Sakkeus, Luule ^f   Stenbeck, Magnus ^g   Devillé, Walter ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Institut National de la Statistique et des etudes economiques   (France)

^c Oficina de Innovación de Sistemas de Información Sanitaria   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Ministry of Health   (Malta)

^f Ministry for Social Affairs Estonia   (Estonia)

^g NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MONITORING; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT RIGHT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 56749173754     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn014     Document Type: Note

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