Competition in the Dutch Health Care System
Abstracts
This paper describes the move towards a model of managed competition in the Dutch health care system. Although important policy changes have been implemented, a lot of work remains to be done. As regards managed care activities by insurers and mobility of people between different sickness funds for example, the results of policy changes thus far have been modest. The paper explains the slow progress in terms of the preferences of Dutch policy makers to avoid cost increases and prevent a reduction of the accessibility of medical care. Reforms will not come to a halt however. Indeed, the ageing of the population will command further reforms of the health care sector.
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Ed W.M.T. Westerhout, “Competition in the Dutch Health Care System”, Économie publique/Public economics [Online], 14 | 2004/1, Online since 05 January 2006, connection on 15 September 2024. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/economiepublique/202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/economiepublique.202
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