Institutional Arrangements Make the Difference: A Comparative Study of Health Care Policy and Provision in the Netherlands and France
Location
CSU 253/4
Start Date
21-4-2008 8:00 AM
End Date
21-4-2008 10:00 AM
Student's Major
Government
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Tomasz Inglot
Mentor's Department
Government
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
France and the Netherlands are very similar countries in how they view social welfare provision, but a closer examination shows that both have taken an increasingly divergent path from one another in the area of health care. The institutional arrangements in the respective countries have had an indelible mark on how each provides health care, and because of the effects from these institutions, the Netherlands has developed a sophisticated managed care system, while France remains a social-central health care provision system. New institutionalism theory is applied to these case studies, which states that initial common systems will eventually morph into entirely different systems. This transformation of health care systems is based on the fact that a state doesn't just provide cash benefits, but also actual health care services to its citizenry. France's centralized decision-making and service provider system has led to a less adaptable way of providing health care in an ever-changing environment of health care technology, while the Netherlands' fragmented system has let the health care providers become innovative and to specialize so as to save costs overall.
Institutional Arrangements Make the Difference: A Comparative Study of Health Care Policy and Provision in the Netherlands and France
CSU 253/4
France and the Netherlands are very similar countries in how they view social welfare provision, but a closer examination shows that both have taken an increasingly divergent path from one another in the area of health care. The institutional arrangements in the respective countries have had an indelible mark on how each provides health care, and because of the effects from these institutions, the Netherlands has developed a sophisticated managed care system, while France remains a social-central health care provision system. New institutionalism theory is applied to these case studies, which states that initial common systems will eventually morph into entirely different systems. This transformation of health care systems is based on the fact that a state doesn't just provide cash benefits, but also actual health care services to its citizenry. France's centralized decision-making and service provider system has led to a less adaptable way of providing health care in an ever-changing environment of health care technology, while the Netherlands' fragmented system has let the health care providers become innovative and to specialize so as to save costs overall.
Recommended Citation
Madden, Nathan J.. "Institutional Arrangements Make the Difference: A Comparative Study of Health Care Policy and Provision in the Netherlands and France." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 21, 2008.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2008/oral-session-03/7
