[Innovation-oriented health reporting in Rheinland-Pfalz--on organization of health reporting at the rural level].

Different approaches to health reporting are introduced and partly evaluated. Most published concepts emphasise stock-taking of information for health statistics. However, ideas how to utilize the results for health policy are missing to a great extent. The concept of health reporting in Rhineland-Palatinate takes both aspects into consideration, supply of data and its integration into decision taking in health policy. The future development will show to what extent the approach chosen in Rhineland-Palatinate will be of interest for other states (Länder).