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Performance du système de santé belge : Évaluation de l’équité | De performantie van het Belgische gezondheidssysteem: evaluatie van de billijkheid

KCE Reports 334B (2020)English | Français | Nederlands Tout le monde n’est malheureusement pas en bonne santé et certains ont davantage besoin d’avoir recours aux soins de santé que d’autres. Dans notre système belge, basé sur la solidarité, on tente

Recommendations for a Health literacy Policy Plan for Belgium: Learning from experiences of other countries

S Van Den Broucke, K Rondia, J Adriaenssens, L Kohn European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue Supplement_5, September 2020, ckaa165.1400, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1400Published: 30 September 2020 Abstract BACKGROUND In Belgium, the past decade has seen a large number of initiatives by various

Validity of self-reported mammography uptake in the Belgian health interview survey: selection and reporting bias

Finaba Berete, Johan Van der Heyden, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Jean Tafforeau, Herman Van Oyen, Olivier Bruyère, Françoise Renard European Journal of Public Health, ckaa217, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa217 Abstract BACKGROUND The validity of self-reported mammography uptake is often questioned. We assessed the related

Rapid establishment of a national surveillance of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Belgium

Nina Van Goethem, Aline Vilain, Chloé Wyndham-Thomas, Jessika Deblonde, Nathalie Bossuyt, Tinne Lernout, Javiera Rebolledo Gonzalez, Sophie Quoilin, Vincent Melis & Dominique Van Beckhoven Archives of Public Health, volume 78, Article number: 121 (2020) Abstract Background In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, caused by a novel coronavirus, it was of great importance to rapidly

Comparing health insurance data and health interview survey data for ascertaining chronic disease prevalence in Belgium

Finaba Berete, Stefaan Demarest, Rana Charafeddine, Olivier Bruyère & Johan Van der Heyden Archives of Public Health, volume 78, Article number: 120 (2020) Abstract Background Health administrative data were increasingly used for chronic diseases (CDs) surveillance purposes. This cross sectional study explored the agreement

All-cause mortality supports the COVID-19 mortality in Belgium and comparison with major fatal events of the last century

Natalia Bustos Sierra, Nathalie Bossuyt, Toon Braeye, Mathias Leroy, Isabelle Moyersoen, Ilse Peeters, Aline Scohy, Johan Van der Heyden, Herman Van Oyen & Françoise Renard Archives of Public Health, volume 78, Article number: 117 (2020) Abstract Background The COVID-19 mortality rate in Belgium has

How can we monitor the impact of national health information systems? Results from a scoping review

Marie Delnord, F Tille, L A Abboud, D Ivankovic, H Van Oyen European Journal of Public Health, Volume 30, Issue 4, August 2020, Pages 648–659, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz164 Abstract BACKGROUND National health information (HI) systems provide data on population health, the determinants of

Uptake of Nutri-Score during the first year of implementation in Belgium

Stefanie Vandevijvere Archives of Public Health Volume 78, Article number: 107 (2020) Abstract BACKGROUND Front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labeling has been recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of a suite of measures needed to improve population diets. The voluntary Nutri-Score FOP labeling

Environmental exposures and health behavior in association with mental health: a study design

Pauline Hautekiet, Tim S. Nawrot, Stefaan Demarest, Johan Van der Heyden, Ilse Van Overmeire, Eva M. De Clercq & Nelly D. Saenen Archives of Public Health Volume 78, Article number: 105 (2020) Abstract BACKGROUND Air pollution, green space and smoking are known to affect

The Belgian health examination survey: objectives, design and methods

This paper describes the study design, recruitment method and the methodological choices that were made in the first Belgian health Examination Survey (BELHES).