Health Consumer Powerhouse

Welcome to Health Consumer Powerhouse

Last Updated (Thursday, 10 November 2011) Written by Administrator Thursday, 30 June 2011

Since 2004, Health Consumer Powerhouse Ltd (HCP) monitors and compares healthcare systems of 35 countries, including all EU member states as well as Canada. Open benchmarking improves performance. Presenting our conclusions via more than 40 different health consumer indexes, HCP provides guidance for patients and citizens, reality checks to governments and marketing opportunities to our sponsors.

HCP is the leader in healthcare benchmarks, inspiring better transparency and consumer empowerment in times of EU integration and growing cross-border patient mobility. The “Best Hospitals of Sweden” Index sets the standard for tomorrow´s pan-European hospital ranking – a necessary tool for medical travelling and better value for money healthcare.

In 2005, the HCP launched its first Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI); one year later, with the "Act Now" campaign linked to the EHCI 2006, we started our work on providing country policy recommendations for improvement and consumers tools for empowerment. Indexes of performance in specific healthcare needs (diagnoses, illness groups, care needs) represent a new step in the process of strengthening the position of the healthcare consumer.