Process

Abstract

The overall aim of this project is to improve the international comparability of health care data. In order to benefit more from the experiences with changing health care policies in other countries, the Dutch authorities want to compare their system with those in other countries. For this comparison a package was assembled containing selected variables on supply (provisions and manpower), consumption, and the costs and financing of health care. It should be stressed that the project focuses on broad categories of care and sets of variables, i.e. macro-level comparability and statistical data, not on figures for administrative purposes.