About Prof. Dr. Guus Schrijvers

Professor of Public Health with a special interest in the Structure and Functioning of the Health Services Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands email: a.j.p.schrijvers@umcutrecht.nl tel: +31 (0)88 755 93 59
Website: http://www.integratedcare.eu
Prof. Dr. Guus Schrijvers has written 2 articles so far, you can find them below.

Written by Prof. Dr. Guus Schrijvers

Dutch and German financing of disease management are compared in Finland

The functional funding of diabetes care in the Netherlands differs significantly from that in Germany. Here in the Netherlands, we work with a chain-DBC (Diagnosis-Treatment Combination). Germany has merely a single payment for the costs of cooperation and maintains the payments of operations as they were. Both payment methods are significantly successful. But which method [...]

December 27, 2009 0

Written by Prof. Dr. Guus Schrijvers

Free-market in English hospitals works because….

The length of stay in English hospitals declined in recent years and the growth of Day Clinics increased with the introduction of DBC’s (Diagnosis-Treatment Combination). This means that the cost per treated patient decreased. The quality of care did not change. These are the conclusions reached by a team of English, Scottish and Australian researchers [...]

December 27, 2009 0