Health Care in The Netherlands

Health care in the Netherlands.

This article analyzes Dutch experiences of health care reform--in particular in primary care--with emphasis on lessons for current United States health care reforms. Recent major innovations were the introduction of private insurance based on the principles of primary care-led health care and including all citizens irrespective of their financial, employment, or health status; introduction of p...

Health-care costing in the Netherlands

Introduction With the introduction of the DBC system in 2005, the funding of Dutch health care gradually began to change. The DBC system is replacing the current system of position-based budgeting (block grant) of providers and the lump-sum funding of medical specialists. In 2005, two segments were introduced for somatic health care. An A-segment, with fixed national tariffs for health provider...

Medical technology in the health care system of the Netherlands.

Priorities and priority-setting in health care in the Netherlands.

Since 1990, the priority-setting has become one of the key issues in making choices in health care. In 1991, the now famous Dunning Report was presented to the Dutch Cabinet. One of its main conclusions was that health services should satisfy four criteria: necessary care, effectiveness, efficiency, and individual responsibility. Priority-setting can be done either by excluding medical treatmen...

The Dutch health care performance report: seven years of health care performance assessment in the Netherlands

In 2006, the first edition of a monitoring tool for the performance of the Dutch health care system was released: the Dutch Health Care Performance Report (DHCPR). The Netherlands was among the first countries in the world developing such a comprehensive tool for reporting performance on quality, access, and affordability of health care. The tool contains 125 performance indicators; the choice ...