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OUTCOMES RESEARCH: (COST-)EFFECTIVENESS OF (MEDICAL)TECHNOLOGIES IN DAILY PRACTICEu Studies on the cost-effectiveness of health technologies (emphasison expensive hospital drugs) in actual practice (Rutten, Uyl-de Groot)u Studies into differences in health, health care use and accessibilitybetween native Dutch and ethnic minority patients; cross-culturalvalidity of measurement instruments to assess health status(Agyemang, Denktaş, Foets)u Informal care: studying informal care, its impact on carers andcare recipients (Brouwer, Koopmanschap, Van Exel)u The role of databases in decision-making on the health carepackage (De Bont, Bal)u Studying the cost-effectiveness of complex interventions anddisease management (Rutten-van Mölken)HEALTH AND INCOMEu Economic studies in developing countries; Cost-effectiveness studies,burden-of- illness studies, and health insurance in developingcountries (Dror, Rutten, Uyl-de Groot, Van de Poel, Van Doorslaer)u Equity in the financing and delivery of health care in developingcountries (Van Doorslaer, O’Donnell, Van de Poel)u Income, health and work across the life cycle; trends in income andhealth inequality in Europe (Van Doorslaer, Van Ourti)u Economics of health behaviour and public health (Brouwer, Van Exel)u Migrant and Ethnic Health Observatory (MEHO) (Foets, Koopmans)u Health, labour and productivity (Hakkaart, Koopmanschap, Lötters,Severens)17