Evaluating Primary Care Plus interventions in the Netherlands: discussion of methods and results regarding the Quadruple Aim

Background: The sustainability of many healthcare systems in Western countries is of serious concern due to rising expenditures. In the Netherlands for example, the expenditures on medical specialist care increased with more than 55% during the past decade to more than 27 billion euros in 2016. Therefore, redesigning healthcare delivery models is high on the Dutch political agenda. In two Dutch pioneer sites, various stakeholders started experimenting with a new healthcare delivery model called Primary Care Plus (PC+). In PC+, various medical specialists perform consultations in the primary ca... Mehr ...