Elena Riza, MPH, PhD

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• Elena Riza, MPH, PhD
• Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology
• Medical School
• University of Athens
• Greece

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Cancer care in the European Union

• What is it?
• A joint publication on differences and
  similarities in cancer care in the EU
• Collaborators EUROCHIP panel of experts
• Why?
• To pin-point inequalities, to demonstrate
  differences and to facilitate use of the EUROCHIP
  cancer indicators list

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• European Journal of Public Health
• quarterly publication, listed in Medline, issues
  published in March, June, September, December
• focuses on original research and theoretical
  or methodological papers within any area of the
  public health inquiry (instructions for authors)

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Information from collaborators

• Description of the national health care system
• Emphasis on the organisation of cancer care
• Health expenditure/ financing
• Health insurance
• Manpower
• Rehabilitation for cancer patients

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Information from collaborators

• Availability/extent of cancer screening
  programmes
• Questionnaire with the key-points that need to be
  addressed will be distributed to all
  collaborators

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Structure of the paper

• Aims
• Presentation per EU Member State
• (include some non-EU countries?)
• Conclusions
• Recommendations

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Other issues

• Title?
• Authorship
• working group?
• Working plan
• aim at the December 2002 issue?

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Other issues

• Difficulties
• following guidelines for writing
• keeping deadlines
• Experience from similar work done recently
• motivation
• some involvement
• dedication

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PresentationsAvailable Pending

• Denmark
• Austria
• France
• Greece
• Ireland
• UK

• Spain
• Italy
• Portugal
• Belgium
• Luxembourg
• Germany
• The Netherlands
• Finland
• Sweden

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• Cervical cancer screening in the European Union
• Editors A. Linos, E.Riza, M. van Ballegooijen
• European Journal of Cancer
• November 200036(17)2175-2272

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Timetable

• Send out questionnaire end of June 2002
• Receipt of contributions end of July 2002
• First draft mid-September 2002
• Comments from contributors end of September 2002
• Review/ submission mid-October 2002