Management

Competition and regulationin health careResearch theme 1The research in this theme is primarily carried out by theresearch groups Health Care Governance, Health Insurance,Health Economics-iMTA, and Law & Health Care.CARE SYSTEMu Competition and competition policy in health care markets andhealth insurance markets (Schut, Varkevisser, Mosca)u Rationale and effects of hospital mergers (Roos, Schut,Varkevisser)u Determinants of use and the organisation and financing of long-term care (Bakx, Van Doorslaer, De Meijer, Koopmanschap, Schut,Van de Ven)u Changing modes of governance in health care (Bal, Grit, Putters,Van der Grinten, Zuiderent-Jerak)u Strategies by managers of health care organisations toaccommodate increasing entrepreneurial requirements(Grit, Stoopendaal, Van der Scheer, Meurs, Putters)u Changing positions of health care professionals and consequencesof training and education (De Bont, Meurs)u Creation of transparencies in health care; the influence ofperformance indicators on our view on quality of care and therole of rankings in health care (Bal)u Governance of innovation; towards a dynamic innovation policy(Putters, Zuiderent-Jerak)u Development and diffusion of innovation and innovationprocesses in the hybrid health care system, and within healthcare organisations (Putters, Stoopendaal, Meurs, Bal)u Science-policy relations in health care; building newinfrastructures for Knowledge to Action (Bal, De Bont, Van derGrinten)u Justice and solidarity in health care from a human rightsperspective (Buijsen)u Post mortem organ donation in the context of internationallaw (Buijsen)u Practices of organ donation in Dutch hospitals (Bal, Paul)12