Please find below a selection of links that may be useful regarding EU contacts and current developments, as well as research activities in the context of quality and outcome measurement.

European Union:

• EU Commission, DG for Health and Consumers:
  http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm
  
  
• EU Commission, DG SANCO, Public Health:
  http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm
  
  
• EUPHORIC Project:
  http://www.euphoric-project.eu
  
  
• EUPHIX Project:
  http://www.euphix.org/object_document/o4581n27010.html
  
  
• EUnetHTA:
  http://www.eunethta.net
  
  
• DG Enterprises and Industry, Medical Devices:
  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/medical_devices/index_en.htm
  
  
• Health EU Portal:
  http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm
  

Quality and Outcome Measurement:

• SALAR (Sweden):
  http://english.skl.se/
  
  
• STAKES (Finland):
  http://www.stakes.fi/EN/index.htm
  
  
• BIQS: Austria:
  http://www.biqg.org
  
  
• BQS (Germany):
  http://www.bqs-institut.de/