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

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<strong>Innovation</strong>s <strong>in</strong> the Dutch <strong>healthcare</strong> system<br />

Governmental programs and activities<br />

Conclusion:<br />

There seems to be a gap between<br />

• the <strong>in</strong>novation policy of the m<strong>in</strong>istry of economic affairs on one hand,<br />

and;<br />

• the policy of the m<strong>in</strong>istry of health <strong>in</strong> the health care sector with clear<br />

restrictive policy and governmental decisions about the reimbursement<br />

of <strong>in</strong>novative products <strong>in</strong> the basic health <strong>in</strong>surance package on the<br />

other hand<br />

<strong>Innovation</strong> policy seems to aim especially at export markets<br />

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