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A public–private analysis of the new Dutch health insurance system

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  1. A sickness fund can be converted into a commercial enterprise, but this type of privatisation is due to strict government regulation.

  2. Counted as public are the income-dependent premiums (€10.7), the government subsidies for children (€1.9) and 85% of the flat rate premiums (€9.1). The net prepayment (bonus arrangement) (€2.1) and the remaining 15% of the flat rate premiums are counted as private (Source: Ministry of Health, Budget Estimate 2006).

  3. For this calculation only the sickness fund scheme and the substitutive private health insurance arrangements [10] were taken into account.

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Maarse, H., Bartholomée, Y. A public–private analysis of the new Dutch health insurance system. Eur J Health Econ 8, 77–82 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-006-0009-2

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