Contested evidence: a Dutch reimbursement decision taken to court
Abstract This paper examines a remarkable lawsuit in health care rationing. The Patients Association for Interstitial Cystitis sued the Dutch National Health Care Institute for alleged misconduct against Interstitial Cystitis patients, as the Institute decided that bladder instillations with chondroitin sulphate or hyaluronic acid are no longer covered by the basic health insurance. The patients’ organisation challenged the Institute for basing its standpoint on scientific evidence; overruling clinical expertise and patients’ experiences. While scientific advice is often solicited in public he... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Health Economics, Policy and Law ; volume 12, issue 3, page 325-344 ; ISSN 1744-1331 1744-134X |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27468614 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744133116000281 |