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Innovation in European healthcare – what can Sweden learn? - LIF

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The Netherlands is us<strong>in</strong>g the “Dunn<strong>in</strong>g Funnel”<br />

• Decisions about the composition of<br />

the benefit package are guided by<br />

an algorithm, which has become<br />

known as the “Dunn<strong>in</strong>g Funnel”<br />

(The Dunn<strong>in</strong>g Funnel resulted from<br />

a committee which was chaired by<br />

Dunn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> 1991)<br />

• The committee def<strong>in</strong>ed four<br />

cumulative criteria:<br />

• (1) services should be essential,<br />

• (2) effective,<br />

• (3) cost-effective and<br />

• (4) unaffordable for <strong>in</strong>dividuals<br />

Is the<br />

care<br />

effective?<br />

Is the care<br />

essential?<br />

Own account<br />

and<br />

responsibility?<br />

Is the<br />

care<br />

efficient?<br />

Basic benefit package<br />

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