title: Choices in health care: a contribution from The Netherlands.
abstract: In this paper it will be argued that choices in health care are necessary, desirable and just. An important choice that each society has to make, is: what basic services should be available to everybody independently of an individual's purchasing power? The Dutch Government Committee on Choices in Health Care advised the use of four criteria: basic care must be necessary, effective, efficient and cannot be left to the individual's responsibility. Because important decisions with respect to the second criterion-the effectiveness of care-are made by physicians in the consulting room or at the operating table, physicians do have a primary responsibility in making the right choices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: van de Ven
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D006076:Government; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006291:Health Policy; D006295:Health Resources / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012941:Social Responsibility