Publications
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Medical-specialist care in 20/20: a summary
The medical specialist care landscape in 2020 will look very different from how we know it at present. The need for change is driven, on the one hand, by the strong growth in the demand for healthcare that the years ahead will bring and, on the other, the limited financial scope for meeting that demand both now and in the future. Furthermore, the nature of the demand for healthcare is changing: we expect to see increasing numbers of chronically ill patients who, moreover, will often be suffering from multiple disorders simultaneously. Read more >
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Aiming for Health
In the trend of rising life expectancies, the Netherlands continues to lag behind a number of other European countries. Differences in the quality of care among individual hospitals and healthcare providers are inexplicably large. The quality of care in the caring sector is failing to deliver in a number of areas, while patient satisfaction could clearly be better. Results are also disappointing when it comes to prevention; unhealthy lifestyle choices such as smoking, excessive alcohol use and insufficient physical exercise are simply too entrenched. All financial preconditions are keyed to financing treatments rather than achieving specific results. Read more >
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Provisions for labour-saving innovations in healthcare
The core question that concerns this recommendation is the following: Read more >
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Competent = qualified Innovative education and training and new health care professions
The 13th of April, 2011 the Council for Public Health and Health Care in the Netherlands has published its advisory report ‘Innovative education and training and new health care professions’. Read more >
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‘Good patientship’
In recent decades, there has rightly been considerable emphasis on the rights of patients. Read more >
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Perspective of Health 20/20
The government’s role is to createa perspective and the conditions for good, sustainable care properspective, which matches changing care requirements of a changing client population. Efforts to manage costs within the care sector will reflect the government’s vision for the sector. Read more >
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Health 2.0 It’s up to you
Advisory produced by the Council for Public Health and Health Care for the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Read more >
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Many opportunities for improving public health are missed
What applies to individuals also applies to the Dutch population as a whole: even if you are in good health, you could gain a lot by, for example, getting more exercise, not smoking and avoiding work-related stress. In the European health ‘league table’, the Netherlands is now about in the middle. We are better than average, but we are no longer amongst the best. Read more >
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Expenditure Management in Health Care
Recommendation issued by the Council for Public Health and Health Care to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Read more >
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Scale and health care
This advisory report was prompted by disquiet in parliament. The Lower House of the Dutch parliament is deeply concerned about care institution mergers. Read more >