The Dutch health care system needs to be overhauled to keep health care costs under control. This is how the Council for Public Health and Care (RVZ) states.
In the coming years it is expected that the number of patients with chronic problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and lung disease will increase considerably. Here's more and more specific help necessary for. Medical institutions such as hospitals, general practitioners and medical specialists must get off autopilot and focus more on the care that is needed.
One of the recommendations of the RVZ is, for example, that GPs should be expanded considerably † In the future, minor surgical procedures should also be performed there. In addition, the RVZ wants the large hospitals and regional hospitals to coordinate their care more effectively , such a division of care can lead to significant cost savings to direct.
But the Dutch population also has to adapt. According to the RVZ, we should work more on our own health for example by quitting smoking, exercising more and eating healthy.
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