euro health consumer index euro health consumer index euro health consumer index (ehci) was a comparison of european health care systems based on waiting times, results, and generosity. the information is presented as a graphic index. ehci was produced 2005–2009 and 2012–2018 by health consumer powerhouse. the 2014 ranking included 37 countries measured by 48 indicators. it claimed to measure the "consumer friendliness" of healthcare systems. it did not claim to measure which european state had the best healthcare system, but it did produce specialist indexes on diabetes, cardiac care, hiv, headache and hepatitis. in 2006 france was the champion with 768 points out of 1000. in the 2015 results the same performance would have given the 13th position among 35 countries because of the widespread improvements in standards. while no bias in favour of any health system was alleged, the index was criticised in the british medical journal by martin mckee and others from the european observatory on health systems and policies in february 2016. points they made included: the index is constructed by scoring performance as good, intermediary or not-so-good, based on arbitrary cut-off points. there is no logic in how many points are allocated to each indicator. 225 points are allocated to accessibility, but only 250 to health outcomes. the indicators are a mix of trends over time and cross-sectional rankings. a survey by the centre for population change in 2019 produced results consistent with the index. euro health consumer index 2018 euro health consumer index 2018 countryoverall rankingtotal scorepatient rights and information scoreaccessibility (waiting times for treatment) scoreoutcomes scorerange and reach of services scoreprevention scorepharmaceuticals score switzerland1893113225278999583 netherlands288312517525612511389 norway385712513827812011978 denmark48551211752671209578 belgium584910421324411510172 finland683911315027812010178 luxembourg78091001882441099572 sweden880011711326712510178 austria97991081752441048978 iceland1079712118822210410756 france117961041882331048383 germany127851041632448310189 portugal13754108163222948978 czechia147311081752111047161 estonia15729121188189947761 united kingdom1672811710021110911378 slovakia17722113188200787767 serbia18699108200189578361 spain19698961132229410172 italy20687921382337310150 slovenia2167888125222947772 ireland226698375244948983 montenegro2366896188189527172 croatia24644104125200947150 north macedonia25638113163156638361 cyprus2663583150200638356 malta27631881501561049539 lithuania28622104163167737144 greece2961567163200528350 latvia30605100138178687744 bulgaria3159179200167476039 poland3258579138167578956 hungary3356579113156789544 romania3454996175133525439 albania3554467175156427133 euro health consumer index 2016 euro health consumer index 2016 countryoverall rankingtotal scorepatient rights and information scoreaccessibility (waiting times for treatment) scoreoutcomes scorerange and reach of services scoreprevention scorepharmaceuticals score netherlands192712220028812510786 switzerland29041112252889410186 norway386512513828811511981 belgium48601042252501099576 iceland585411516328811511362 luxembourg685110120026310410776 germany78491041882888310186 finland884210815028811510181 denmark98271111502751159581 austria108261082002389910181 france1181590188263949586 sweden1278610410027512510181 czech republic13780872132381047762 portugal147631081502507810176 united kingdom1576110810025010911381 slovenia16740104125263898376 estonia17729108163238946562 spain18709871132389410771 croatia197031081751881047157 macedonia20699118225138688962 ireland2168980100250789586 italy22682831382257810157 slovakia2367897163175898371 serbia24670111188163578962 malta2566680163188949548 cyprus2662373125213688362 lithuania2762097175163686552 greece2859363125213528357 latvia2958987113188737752 hungary3057573125163738952 poland3156466100188639552 albania3255173163175426533 bulgaria3352666150150476548 montenegro3451863113175577733 romania3549780150125524843 euro health consumer index 2015 euro health consumer index 2015 countryoverall rankingtotal scorepatient rights and information scoreaccessibility (waiting times for treatment) scoreoutcomes scorerange and reach of services scoreprevention scorepharmaceuticals score netherlands191614620024014410186 switzerland289413322524011910176 norway385414613824013811381 finland484512915022914410786 belgium58361172251981318976 luxembourg683212120021912510167 germany78281251882299410786 iceland882513316324012510757 denmark97931331382191388976 sweden1078612510022914410781 france117751131882081068971 austria127741211881881198376 czech republic13760962131771258367 united kingdom1473612910018813110781 slovenia157101211252081068367 croatia167071291751561196562 estonia177061291631881065467 macedonia187041422131048110757 spain1969510411319811310167 portugal2069196113188948962 ireland21685961002089410186 italy22667961381888810157 malta236639216313512510148 slovakia24653113163135947771 lithuania25628125175135756552 cyprus2659588125177817152 hungary2757888125125948957 greece2857775125167698952 latvia29567104113146757752 serbia30554104138125697148 bulgaria3153075150125567152 romania3252796150104637143 albania3352488163125506533 poland3452379100146638352 montenegro3548475113135567133 euro health consumer index 2014 euro health consumer index 2014 countryoverall rankingtotal scorepatient rights and information scoreaccessibility (waiting times for treatment) scoreoutcomes scorerange and reach of services scoreprevention scorepharmaceuticals score netherlands18981461882401508986 switzerland28551172252291139576 norway385114213824014410781 finland48461331752191389586 denmark58361422001981318976 belgium68201002251981388376 iceland781813816322912510757 luxembourg881410818821913110167 germany9812121188229949586 austria107801252001771198376 france117631171751981138971 sweden127611178821915010781 portugal13722133163188948362 england147181291001771319586 czech republic157151001751771197171 scotland167101081251771258986 macedonia16700138213104949557 estonia176771211501771195457 spain186709610018811310767 slovenia19668961131981068967 slovakia20665113175135888371 italy21648104138167889557 ireland2264483881981008986 croatia236401041631561006057 cyprus2461983150177757162 hungary2560196163115888357 latvia26593113150125817152 malta27582881251151139548 greece2856158138156698357 bulgaria2954779163125567152 albania3054592200104506533 poland3151196100104887152 lithuania32510104100225814852 serbia334738311383697748 montenegro3446371113125566533 romania354538310083637152 bosnia and herzegovina364205475115696048