Management

INSURANCE MARKETu Risk equalisation among insurers (Van Vliet, Van de Ven, Van Kleef)u Cost sharing by consumers/patients (Van Kleef, Van Vliet, Van de Ven)u Construction of health care markets and their consequences(Grit, Van der Grinten, Zuiderent-Jerak, Bal)u Use of standardised agreements in health care purchasing byhealth insurers in view of competition law (Den Exter)u Preferred providers and health insurer impact on consumerchoice (Van der Geest, Laske)u Supplementary health insurance and group insurance (Schut,Van de Ven)u Equity in health care use in European countries (Van Doorslaer)u Health Equity and Financial Protection in Asia (HEFPA)(Van de Poel, Van Doorslaer)u Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in India (Dror, Rutten)PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVEu Consumer choice and switching behaviour in the health careand healthu Insurance markets (Laske, Schut, Van der Geest, Varkevisser)u Formulating the patient’s perspective in health care (Adams,Grit, Putters, Van de Bovenkamp)u New roles and responsibilities in the system of regulatedcompetition by studying health care networks at the regionaland local level; patient empowerment within the Wmo, Zvw,and AWBZ (Putters, Stoopendaal, Grit)u Equal treatment and access to health care and the implicationof market-oriented health care reform (Buijsen)u Unilateral termination of treatment contracts by the healthcare provider for non-medical reasons (Buijsen)u Motives and characteristics of care consumers with a personalcare budget (Oostrik, Huijsman)u Human rights and biomedicine (Den Exter)13