Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294 of 23 November 2022 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2294of 23 November 2022implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at workOJ L 354, 31.12.2008, p. 70., and in particular Article 9(1) and Annex II, point (d), thereof,Whereas:(1)Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 sets out the subjects covered in the healthcare domain for which data and metadata are to be provided for the production of European statistics. In particular data and metadata on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources, healthcare utilisation, individual and collective services, and the reference periods, intervals and time limits for the data provision should be set out by implementing measures.(2)Pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008, in 2015 and 2018, the Commission launched pilot studies that were completed voluntarily by Member States. The Commission also discussed the needs of users of the statistics with Member States. The outcome of those pilot studies and those discussions was that Union-wide data are needed to strengthen the evidence-base on healthcare information, hence benefitting decisions on public health and social policy.(3)In accordance with Article 6(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008, the Commission carried out a cost-benefit analysis, taking into account the benefits of the availability of variables on healthcare facilities, healthcare human resources and healthcare utilisation in relation to the cost of data collection. It follows from that analysis that those variables should be collected to ensure the comparability and availability of Union-wide data.(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the European Statistical System Committee, established by Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: