The EHCI has become an standard” of modern healthcare monitoring since the start “industry in 2005. The Index is compiled from a combination of public statistics, patient polls and independent research conducted by Health Consumer Powerhouse Ltd, a Sweden-based private company, measuring the performance of healthcare in Europe and Canada to support patient and consumer empowerment. As the European Commission now will systematically engage in the assessment of member state health systems, EHCI sets an example. The EHCI 2014 has been supported by unrestricted grants from Medicover S.A., Belgium, and New Direction Foundation, Belgium. The EHCI material is published on the HCP website: . It is freely available and anybody is welcome to quote it, referring to the source. For questions and information: Arne Bjornberg: +46 70 584 84 51; Johan Hjertqvist: +46 70 752 18 99; know the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) is today the leading public measurement of how “We national healthcare systems perform ...We have recently learned that the European Commission after assessing various benchmarks has found the EHCI to be the most accurate and reliable comparison". Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Lithuania's Minister of Health, 2013 (since November 2014 the EU Commissioner of Health and Consumer Protection) © HPC Ltd. 2015
The EHCI has become an “industry standard” of modern healthcare monitoring since the start in 2005. The Index is compiled from a combination of public statistics, patient polls and independent research conducted by Health Consumer Powerhouse Ltd, a Sweden-based private company, measuring the performance of healthcare in Europe and Canada to support patient and consumer empowerment. As the European Commission now will systematically engage in the assessment of member state health systems, EHCI sets an example. The EHCI 2014 has been supported by unrestricted grants from Medicover S.A., Belgium, and New Direction Foundation, Belgium. The EHCI material is published on the HCP website: . It is freely available and anybody is welcome to quote it, referring to the source. For questions and information: Arne Bjornberg: +46 70 584 84 51; Johan Hjertqvist: +46 70 752 18 99; “We know the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) is today the leading public measurement of how national healthcare systems perform ...We have recently learned that the European Commission after assessing various benchmarks has found the EHCI to be the most accurate and reliable comparison". Dr. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Lithuania's Minister of Health, 2013 (since November 2014 the EU Commissioner of Health and Consumer Protection) © HPC Ltd. 2015
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