The first phase, Isare I (1999-2001), made it possible to identify for each country, the most appropriate sub-national level ("health region") for the exchange of health indicators within the European Union and to assess the extent of data availability at those levels.

The second phase, Isare II (2002-2004), made it possible to test the feasibility of collecting regional data in each European country. A database demonstrator, built to illustrate the interest of this work is presented on this website.

The third phase, Isare III (2005-2007), made it possible to extend the Isare I and II project to the new countries of the European Union and to develop the data base.

You can access the health database according to two modes of interrogation:

	Indicators interrogation: in this mode you can select one of the 38 indicators of the base and obtain a table presenting its value in one, several or even the whole European "health regions".
	Regional figures interrogation: you select a region then a category of indicators. You obtain a summary table presenting the values of the various indicators of the category but also the highest and lowest values of the indicators within the regions of the selected country and the whole regions of the EU. You can also, optionally, select a criterion of proximity. In this case, the database selects the 20 closest regions for the selected criterion. Then, the summary table also presents, for each indicators of the category, the highest and lowest values observed in these 20 regions.

This site also allows you to access a summary of the Isare I and II reports and to download the full reports of these two studies. There will be soon the report of Isare III project.

Members of the ISARE Project  

ALBRETH Tit Institue of Public Health	SLOVENIA
BADEYAN Gérard Haut conseil de santé publique	FRANCE
BEGIRISTAIN ARANZASTI José Maria Gobierno vasco, Department of Health	ESPAÑA
BERGHMANS Luc Hainaut Health Observatory	BELGIQUE
BERTINATO Luigi	ITALIA
BRAND Helmut Institute of Public Health - NordRhein Westfalen	DEUTSCHLAND
BROZOVA Jana Institute of Health Information and Statistics	CZECH REPUBLIC
DOVICOVIC Roman National health information center	SLOVAK REPUBLIC
FONTAINE Danièle FNORS	FRANCE
GISSER Richard Population Directorate, Statistik Austria	ÖSTERREICH
GORYNSKI Pawel National Institue of Hygiene	POLAND
HOLLAND Susanne National Board of Health and Welfare	SVERIGE
IMBERT Frédéric ORS Alsace	FRANCE
KAPOSVARI Csilla Health Research Center, TARKI Social Research Institute	HUNGARY
KASRASKEVICA Jautrite	LATVIA
KOSKINEN Seppo National Public Health Institute	FINLANDE
KRAMERS Pieter	NETHERLAND
LARRANAGA Isabel GOBIERNO VASCO Departamento de Sanidad	ESPAÑA
LEDESERT Bernard ORS Languedoc Roussillon	FRANCE
LIONIS Christos Clinic of Social & Family Medecine, Univesity of Crete	GREECE
MCCARTHY Tim Department of Health and Children	IRELAND
MULLER Pauline FNORS	FRANCE
PACE ASCIAK Renzo	MALTA
OCHOA André FNORS & ORS Aquitaine	FRANCE
RUUGGE Mare Dpt of health information and analysis	ESTONIA
TAVARES Fernando Regional Administration for Health of the North	PORTUGAL
TSE YARED Wendy (OMS) (WHO)	DANEMARK
WEBER Guy Direction of social and preventive health	LUXEMBOURG
WILKINSON John Northern & Yorkshire Public Health Observatory	UNITED KINGDOM