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Competition and collaboration in health care: reconciling the irreconcilable? Lessons from The Netherlands

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  • Marco Varkevisser

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Frédérique Franken

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Stéphanie Geest

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • Erik Schut

    (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

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  • Marco Varkevisser & Frédérique Franken & Stéphanie Geest & Erik Schut, 2023. "Competition and collaboration in health care: reconciling the irreconcilable? Lessons from The Netherlands," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 24(7), pages 1019-1021, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:eujhec:v:24:y:2023:i:7:d:10.1007_s10198-023-01619-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-023-01619-1
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    1. Wouter van der Schors & Marco Varkevisser, 2023. "Does Enforcement of the Cartel Prohibition in Healthcare Reflect Public and Political Attitudes Towards Competition? A Longitudinal Study From the Netherlands," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(2), pages 193-219.
    2. Loozen, Edith M.H., 2015. "Public healthcare interests require strict competition enforcement," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 119(7), pages 882-888.
    3. Wouter van der Schors & Ron Kemp & Marco Varkevisser, 2020. "Collaboration and Competition Policy in a Market-Based Hospital System: A Case Study from the Netherlands," Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 16(2), pages 262-288.
    4. Pedro Pita Barros & Werner B. F. Brouwer & Sarah Thomson & Marco Varkevisser, 2016. "Competition among health care providers: helpful or harmful?," The European Journal of Health Economics, Springer;Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsökonomie (DGGÖ), vol. 17(3), pages 229-233, April.
    5. Schut, Frederik T. & Varkevisser, Marco, 2017. "Competition policy for health care provision in the Netherlands," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 121(2), pages 126-133.
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    1. Schut, Frederik T & Franken, Frédérique M.E. & van der Geest, Stéphanie A. & Varkevisser, Marco, 2024. "Financing COVID-19-related health care costs in the Dutch competitive health system during 2020 and 2021: Overall experiences and policy recommendations for improving health system resilience," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).

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    • K21 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Antitrust Law

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