Improving the Dutch Diagnostic System

Abstract

Healthcare expenditures in the Netherlands have increased almost constantly. Flaws in the Dutch primary diagnostic system can be seen as a cause of these increasing health care costs. This research is concerned with describing the strengths and weaknesses of the Dutch primary diagnostic system by comparing this system with the German primary diagnostic system. The strengths and weaknesses resulted from this research are the basis of policy recommendations, which are focused on improving the Dutch primary diagnostic system