title: Towards an economic model of the Dutch health care sector.
abstract: This paper describes the construction of a model of the Dutch health care sector. It discusses the behaviour of patients, general practitioners, medical specialists and hospital managers. It also analyses the various ways the actors interact, such as general practitioners supplying the services demanded by patients, specialists dispatching referrals made by general practitioners or hospital managers boosting output to match an increasing amount of specialist services. Numerical simulations illustrate the various mechanisms in the model.
authors.affiliation: CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Folmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Van Tulder
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Westerhout
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D004470:Economics, Medical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D015438:Health Behavior; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019981:Health Care Sector; D017722:Hospital Charges; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D018803:Models, Economic; D009426:Netherlands; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000191:economics; D013038:Specialization