[Methodological characteristics of the Catalan Health Survey 2006].
The Health Survey of Catalonia (ESCA) gives essential population information for health planning and evaluation. On the edition of 2006, 18,126 non-institutionalized persons were interviewed. The sample design is complex with the aim to guarantee the representatively also in small geographic areas with interest in health and service planning. There are certain novelties in the third edition such as the relevance given to the territory, questionnaires adaptations to the interviewed population and new subject areas studied. This paper describes the useful methodological aspects for the ESCA 2006 users. In the first part we describe the sample design, questioners, field work, interviewer's formation, codification and quality micro data control. In the second part compound variables, used tools and their references are shown. And the third part describes the indicators construction since the sample design determines the use of weighing and elevation factors to obtain representative estimation values.
Servei del Pla de Salut, Direcció General de Regulació, Planificació i Recursos Sanitaris, Planificació i Recursos Sanitaris, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, España. amompart@catsalut.cat
Anna
A
Mompart-Penina
Antonia
A
Medina-Bustos
Montserrat
M
Guillén-Estany
Manuela
M
Alcañiz-Zanón
Pilar
P
Brugulat-Guiteras
D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D018579:Patient Selection; D011786:Quality Control; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires