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The Health Consumer Powerhouse (HCP) monitors and compares healthcare systems among 35 countries, including all EU member states as well as Canada. Open benchmarking improves performance. Presenting our conclusions via more than 20 different health consumer indexes we provide guidance to patients and citizens, reality checks to governments and marketing opportunities to our sponsors.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.
The user-friendly index measurement methodology allows consumers to take on healthcare performance and illness management. There are HCP comparisons of areas such as heart disease, diabetes, HIV-AIDS, COPD, breast cancer, renal care, vaccines, smoke cessation and patient information.
HCP is a private company funded by private unrestricted research grants from stakeholders and by co-operation with the European Commission. In all our work the focus is on consumer empowerment and patients' rights.
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Hjertqvist, Johan
Björnberg, Arne, Ph.D.
