New Health Policy and Law Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at University of Tartu (Biobanking in Estonia)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week -- Research findings on Health Policy and Law are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Tartu, Estonia, by VerticalNews editors, the research stated, "Estonia is a democratic, parliamentary republic with a health care system that is built on the principle of compulsory, solidarity-based insurance and the all-round availability of services of private service providers. Estonia has specific biobank legislation as well as oversight via data protection laws."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Tartu, "Its population-based biobank, the Estonian Genome Center (EGCUT), established in 2001, is one of the largest biobanks in Europe, and its database may be used only for scientific research, public health research, and statistics. The EGCUT can issue data to a third party, but only in coded form. This comprehensive database of genotypic, phenotypic, health, and genealogical information represents about 5% of Estonia's adult population, and is the largest cohort ever gathered in Estonia."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Government approval is required for international data sharing, and sharing can be further limited by the requirement of ethics approval and permission from Estonian government."

For more information on this research see: Biobanking in Estonia. Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics, 2016;44(1):20-23. Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics can be contacted at: Wiley-Blackwell, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Keis, University of Tartu, Fac Med, Dept. of Public Hlth, Medical Eth, Tartu, Estonia.

Keywords for this news article include: Tartu, Estonia, Europe, Health Policy and Law, Legal Issues, University of Tartu.

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