Health System Reforms in The Netherlands: From Public to Private and its Effects on Equal Access to Health Care

Author: den Exter, Andre

Source: European Journal of Health Law, Volume 17, Number 3, 2010 , pp. 223-233(11)

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, an imprint of Brill

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Abstract:

Dutch health system reforms can be characterized by an ambiguous approach, combining competition and private initiatives on several health care markets with restrictive measures inspired by social values. Respecting equal access to necessary health care services on a competitive market appears to be an extremely difficult and bureaucratic exercise, if not impossible.

Keywords: health insurance reforms; regulated competition; equality; public-private arrangements; price liberalization

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157180910X504810

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Health Policy and Management Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands

Publication date: 2010-06-01