The EuroHealth Consumer Index 2006 expert group had its initial meeting February 2 in Brussels.

The aim was to look into the present index design discussing how to develop the index design and indicators. In the meeting took part Laura Aiuppa, director special projects at the National Committe for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Washington DC, dr Katrin Grueber, head of the Institut Mensch, Ethik unde Wissenschaft (IMEW) in Berlin, professor of psychiatry Meni Malliori, Athens, and Caroline Powell, deputy chief executive at the Picker Institute Europe, Oxford.

The EuroHealth Consumer Index 2006 will be presented June 26 in Brussels.