http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/12371/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/39631/ 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/37756/ 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z 1. The Netherlands consists of mainly flat land, with some hilly areas in the south and east. The northern and western areas are partly below sea-level. The maritime climate is moderate, with an average temperature of 16°C–17°C in summer and 2°C–3°C in winter. 2. The Netherlands comprises an area of some 41,532 km2 (33,889 km2 of land and 7,643 km2 of water), which lies between the North Sea in the north and west, Germany in the east and Belgium to the south. The Netherlands’ highest point is in the extreme south, where the borders of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands meet. The Netherlands is one of the world’s most densely populated countries with an average of more than 450 inhabitants/km2. The total population is over 16 million (16,733,170) (December 2011) (CBS 2011). A total of 60% of the population lives in the urban core known as the Randstad, comprising the main cities of Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government), Rotterdam and Utrecht. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38336/ 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38658/ 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The European Court lifted the Italian ban on pre-implantation diagnostics (PGD). As such the Court accepted PGD as a generally accepted means for medically assisted procreation, which mayhaveconsequences for other member states prohibiting PGD. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17120/ 2009-11-06T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17113/ 2009-10-20T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/17117/ 2009-10-20T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/16948/ 2009-08-28T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/14457/ 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Netherlands, access to healthcare has been guaranteed by social health insurance legislation. But since the introduction of the health insurance system in the 1960s, it has been under frequent review, the latest reform was the introduction of regulated competition. At the same time, claiming health insurance entitlements under international (European) law has been changing, notably due to judicial activism. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/14565/ 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/10384/ 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In a new case on patients seeking medical services abroad, the Leichtle case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) confirmed its previous rulings on patient mobility. According to the Court, patients in the European Union have a (conditional) right to receive health care abroad, whereas the sickness fund should reimburse the costs of treatment and travel expenditures. As such, the Court has strengthened patient mobility in the European Union, based on the free movement principles. Now, it is up to the European Commission to develop a communal strategy aimed at further strengthening patients' rights in the Union. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/31974/ 2002-09-26T00:00:00Z Most of the European countries are confronted with health care system reforms. In Central and Eastern Europe, however, the countries face specific challenges. Whereas "socialist" governments traditionally have been deeply involved in all facets of health care, the general process of initiated market-oriented reforms has also affected the nature and scope of government intervention in health care. Stimulated by the successes of concepts such as decentralisation, deregulation, and privatisation in order to create a more flexible market economy, policy-makers also began to apply such notions to the health care sector. The experiences in the early 1990s however, revealed certain devastating effects of transposing the general concept of market competition to the field of health care. One valuable lesson of those developments was that liberalising relations in health care necessitates a certain degree of government intervention. Furthermore, the nature and scope of Central and Eastem European health care reforms differed from country to country with no uniform "blueprint" for reform, derived from emulating Western European experiences, being readily available. Nevertheless, previous experiences in reforming health care may provide us with valuable lessons. Their significanee needs, nonetheless, to be reviewed in accordance with specific national setting http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/31975/ 2002-09-26T00:00:00Z Most of the European countries are confronted with health care system reforms. In Central and Eastern Europe, however, the countries face specific challenges. Whereas "socialist" governments traditionally have been deeply involved in all facets of health care, the general process of initiated market-oriented reforms has also affected the nature and scope of government intervention in health care. Stimulated by the successes of concepts such as decentralisation, deregulation, and privatisation in order to create a more flexible market economy, policy-makers also began to apply such notions to the health care sector. The experiences in the early 1990s however, revealed certain devastating effects of transposing the general concept of market competition to the field of health care. One valuable lesson of those developments was that liberalising relations in health care necessitates a certain degree of government intervention. Furthermore, the nature and scope of Central and Eastem European health care reforms differed from country to country with no uniform "blueprint" for reform, derived from emulating Western European experiences, being readily available. Nevertheless, previous experiences in reforming health care may provide us with valuable lessons. Their significanee needs, nonetheless, to be reviewed in accordance with specific national setting http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/38370/ 1997-02-01T00:00:00Z