European primary care

The healthcare systems operating in the various member states of the European Union differ from one another quite significantly. However, all are under pressure from a number of pan-European developments and all are implementing reforms designed to ensure that their healthcare systems are able to cope with these developments. In view of this situation and the general trend towards European integration, it is reasonable to assume that the EU member states’ healthcare systems will gradually become more and more alike.

Committee

• Prof. JA Knottnerus, Professor of General Practice, University of Maastricht; president of the Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, chair
• I van Bennekom, director, Federation of Patients and Consumer Organisations in the Netherlands, Utrecht
• Prof. EKA van Doorslaer, Professor of Health Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Dr CMA Frederiks, Emeritus professor of Nursing Science, Enkhuizen
• Prof. PP Groenewegen, Head of Research Department, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht; professor of Social and Geographical Aspects of Health and Healthcare, Utrecht University
• Prof. FM Haaijer-Ruskamp, Professor of Drug Utilisation Studies, University of Groningen
• Prof. RA Hira Sing, Professor of Youth Health Care, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
• Dr JBF Hutten, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, advisor
• Prof. J De Maeseneer, Professor of General Practice and Primary Healthcare, Ghent University
• Prof. B Meyboom-de Jong, Professor of General Practice, University of Groningen
• Prof. RAB Oostendorp, Professor of Allied Healthcare, Radboud University Nijmegen; research director, Dutch Institute of Allied Healthcare, Amersfoort
• Dr AHj van de Rijdt-van de Ven, management consultant, Eindhoven
• Prof. AH Schene, Professor of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
• Prof. C van Weel, Professor of General Practice, Radboud University Nijmegen
• Prof. FCB van Wijmen, Professor of Health Law, University of Maastricht
• Prof. JW Wladimiroff, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Dr JND de Neeling, Health Council of the Netherlands, The Hague, secretary