Results of the market-oriented reform in the Netherlands: a review

摘要: The market-oriented reform in the Dutch health care system is now its 10th year. This article offers a concise overview of some effects thus far on insurance, healthcare purchasing and provision. Furthermore, attention given to impact expenditures, power trust relationships as well relationship between Minister Health Healthcare Authority. triggered various alterations occurring quickly (e.g. insurance), others taking longer purchasing). These developments suggest process gradual transformation. has instigated controversy which increasingly framed conflict insurers providers. Weakened consumer threatens legitimacy reform. Authority appears be more intimate than formal independent status this regulatory agency would suggest.