21/01/2016
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_SustainableHealthSystems_Report_2013.pdf
Vision of the Netherlands’ Health System in 2040
Better quality, wider choice and greater responsibility will be at the heart of our vision for the future. Citizens will have full choice and access to outstanding quality healthcare – providing care close to home where possible and concentrating highly complex care where needed. At the same time, individuals will have greater responsibility, paying for low-cost and predictable care directly, and contributing to a collective insurance package consisting of essential but high-quality services. Ultimately, healthcare is a responsibility, not a right, prompting individuals to take better care of their own health. Those that make the effort to improve and maintain their health will be rewarded with the full support of the system to achieve their personal goals.
Our health system will be in constant flux. We will devolve power and responsibility to professionals to find innovative and creative responses to patient needs, desires and demands. The greater diversity and complexity implied will be met with a strong, sustained focus on the integration of care. Better health outcomes will be rewarded and promoted, and investments in prevention and healthy behaviour will decrease the burden of major chronic diseases on health services while increasing the overall health status of citizens.
We will be pioneers in health information, leaders in data collection, and explorers of the full potential of big data: We will be a hub for this new, emerging global industry, and the natural home for the headquarters of the “Bloomberg of Health”. We will be the benchmark among countries for setting evidence-based professional standards and quality criteria. Healthcare, and our new health information industry, will be an engine of growth for the economy, a major employer, and a source of export earnings.