Health Consumer Powerhouse

Health Consumer Powerhouse is a Swedish health policy think tank which specialises in comparing healthcare systems throughout Europe. It produces the Euro health consumer index and other indexes comparing healthcare.

It was created in 2004 by Johan Hjertqvist, a Swedish entrepreneur, author and former local politician. It has offices in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1] Dr Arne A Björnberg is the President of the company. he was formerly Chief Executive of the Swedish National Pharmacy Corporation.

The Euro Health Consumer Index is a comparison of European health care systems based on waiting times, results, and generosity. The information is presented as a graphic index. Part of the motivation of the HCP in 2004 was to stimulate the European Union to take action on transparency and quality measures.^[2] The 2014 ranking included 37 countries measured by 48 indicators.^[3] The Euro Health Consumer Index measurements started in 2005. During 2013 the European Commission assessed available systems for healthcare comparison including WHO, OECD, European Observatory and so forth and concluded that this is the most reliable. ^[4]

Scoring is partly based on the responses from patient organisations to a questionnaire, particularly when their responses indicate a radically different situation from that officially reported.. 976 responses were used in the 2015 exercise.

Euro Health Consumer Index 2014.^[5]
Country	Overall ranking	Patient rights and information ranking	Accessibility (waiting times for treatment) ranking	Outcomes ranking	Range and reach of services provided	Prevention	Pharmaceuticals
Netherlands	1	1	7	1	1	13	1
Switzerland	2	12	1	3	14	6	9
Norway	3	22	22	1	3	1	7
Finland	4	6	10	6	4	6	1
Denmark	5	2	4	9	6	13	9
Belgium	6	22	1	9	4	19	9
Iceland	7	4	14	3	9	1	21
Luxemburg	8	17	7	6	6	5	16
Germany	9	10	7	3	21	6	1
Austria	10	9	4	16	11	19	9
France	11	12	10	9	14	13	13
Sweden	12	12	35	6	1	1	7
Portugal	13	6	14	14	21	19	19
England	14	8	30	16	6	6	1
Czech Republic	15	22	10	16	11	26	13
Scotland	16	17	25	16	9	13	1
Macedonia	17	4	3	33	21	6	21
Estonia	18	10	19	16	11	36	21
Spain	19	24	30	14	14	1	16
Slovenia	20	24	27	9	18	13	16
Slovakia	21	15	10	25	24	19	13
Italy	22	19	22	22	24	6	21
Ireland	23	30	35	9	19	13	1
Croatia	24	19	14	23	19	34	21
Cyprus	25	30	19	16	30	26	19
Hungary	26	24	14	30	24	19	21
Latvia	27	15	19	26	28	26	28
Malta	28	29	25	30	14	6	33
Greece	29	36	22	23	31	19	21
Bulgaria	30	34	14	26	35	26	28
Albania	31	28	4	33	37	32	36
Poland	32	24	30	33	24	26	28
Lithuania	33	19	30	26	28	37	28
Serbia	34	30	27	36	31	25	33
Montenegro	35	35	27	26	35	32	36
Romania	36	30	30	36	34	26	28
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37	37	37	30	31	34	33