[New design of the Health Survey of Catalonia (Spain, 2010-2014): a step forward in health planning and evaluation].
This article presents the genesis of the Health Survey of Catalonia (Spain, 2010-2014) with its semiannual subsamples and explains the basic characteristics of its multistage sampling design. In comparison with previous surveys, the organizational advantages of this new statistical operation include rapid data availability and the ability to continuously monitor the population. The main benefits are timeliness in the production of indicators and the possibility of introducing new topics through the supplemental questionnaire as a function of needs. Limitations consist of the complexity of the sample design and the lack of longitudinal follow-up of the sample. Suitable sampling weights for each specific subsample are necessary for any statistical analysis of micro-data. Accuracy in the analysis of territorial disaggregation or population subgroups increases if annual samples are accumulated.
Departamento de Econometría, Estadística y Economía Española, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
Manuela
M
Alcañiz-Zanón
Departamento de Salud, Generalitat de Cataluña, Barcelona, España.
Anna
A
Mompart-Penina
Departamento de Econometría, Estadística y Economía Española, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: mguillen@ub.edu.
Montserrat
M
Guillén-Estany
Departamento de Salud, Generalitat de Cataluña, Barcelona, España.
Antonia
A
Medina-Bustos
Departamento de Econometría, Estadística y Economía Española, Riskcenter-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
Josep M
JM
Aragay-Barbany
Departamento de Salud, Generalitat de Cataluña, Barcelona, España.
Pilar
P
Brugulat-Guiteras
Departamento de Salud, Generalitat de Cataluña, Barcelona, España.
Ricard
R
Tresserras-Gaju
D003625:Data Collection; D006285:Health Planning; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012107:Research Design; D018401:Sample Size; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Cuestionarios; Data collection; Encuestas de salud; Health surveys; Muestreo; Public health surveillance; Questionnaires; Recolección de datos; Sampling studies; Vigilancia en salud pública