The report is available in English with a French summary - KCE
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<strong>KCE</strong> <strong>report</strong>s 57 Musculoskeletal & Neurological Rehabilitation 155<br />
enter <strong>in</strong> a DBC-trajectory by referral of h<strong>is</strong> general practitioner (GP) or a medical<br />
special<strong>is</strong>t. <strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>troduction of the DBC f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g model goes hand <strong>in</strong> hand <strong>with</strong> an<br />
extended reg<strong>is</strong>tration system.<br />
A DBC treatment trajectory can take one day up to one year. A treatment trajectory <strong>is</strong><br />
ended at the end of the year, <strong>in</strong> case the treatment <strong>is</strong> stopped or <strong>in</strong> case a patient starts<br />
a different dbc (e.g. the <strong>in</strong>patient trajectory <strong>is</strong> stopped when the patient starts an<br />
ambulatory treatment; an ambulatory trajectory <strong>is</strong> then started).<br />
DBCs d<strong>is</strong>t<strong>in</strong>gu<strong>is</strong>h between l<strong>is</strong>t A (prices fixed by the National Health Tariffs authority)<br />
and l<strong>is</strong>t B (an fixed part and a part of the prices negotiated by Sickness Funds and<br />
hospitals). DBC’s are used as a framework for price negotiations between health<br />
<strong>in</strong>surers and hospitals. Agencies were created to manage the implementation and follow<br />
up of the DBC f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g model aa<br />
Congruent <strong>with</strong> a market driven approach, major efforts are now be<strong>in</strong>g put <strong>in</strong>to the<br />
development of performance <strong>in</strong>dicators. <strong>The</strong>se performance <strong>in</strong>dicators are ma<strong>in</strong>ly seen<br />
as a quality tool, and a facility for consumers to support <strong>in</strong>formed choices on the health<br />
care market. <strong>The</strong> development of these performance <strong>in</strong>dicators <strong>is</strong> still <strong>in</strong> an early stage,<br />
although a lot of debates are tak<strong>in</strong>g place on the conceptual level.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Dutch health care system <strong>is</strong> characterized by territorial<br />
decentral<strong>is</strong>ation.<br />
• A market-driven approach has been <strong>in</strong>troduced (purchaser-provider).<br />
• Integration of care and network<strong>in</strong>g of health care organ<strong>is</strong>ations <strong>is</strong><br />
stimulated.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> “Ziekteverzeker<strong>in</strong>gswet” <strong>in</strong>sures for medical expenses.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> AWBZ used to <strong>in</strong>sure for exceptional medical expenses and long term<br />
care.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g of medical activities <strong>in</strong> hospitals <strong>is</strong> based on “Diagnose<br />
Behandel Comb<strong>in</strong>aties”, and <strong>is</strong> performance related. Extensive<br />
reg<strong>is</strong>tration <strong>is</strong> set up.<br />
8.3.3 <strong>The</strong> organization of the rehabilitation sector<br />
(See also Appendix to chapter 8 (1.8.2.2))<br />
8.3.3.1 <strong>The</strong> underly<strong>in</strong>g conceptual ideas<br />
<strong>The</strong> Dutch rehabilitation “logic” differentiates between different levels on a cont<strong>in</strong>uum<br />
from “general and simple” toward “special<strong>is</strong>ed and specific”. In conceptual terms a<br />
differentiation <strong>is</strong> made between (a) simple rehabilitation (b) general multid<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
rehabilitation (c) specialized target (pathology) group oriented multid<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>ary<br />
rehabilitation and (d) highly specialized rehabilitation (“topreferente”). bb<br />
For relatively “simple” rehabilitation a referral <strong>is</strong> needed from the medical special<strong>is</strong>t to<br />
the physical therap<strong>is</strong>t. In the case of complex <strong>is</strong>sues, a medical rehabilitation special<strong>is</strong>t<br />
becomes <strong>in</strong> charge of the patient.<br />
A “complex” situation <strong>is</strong> generally assessed as a medical condition <strong>in</strong> which the r<strong>is</strong>k of<br />
long term impairment or handicap <strong>is</strong> real. For specific cases the rehabilitation physician<br />
will mobilize a multid<strong>is</strong>cipl<strong>in</strong>ary team <strong>in</strong> case of d<strong>is</strong>charge of the patient to a home<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
aa http://www.dbconderhoud.nl/<br />
bb http://www.revalidatie.nl/<strong>in</strong>dex_3.htm