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The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands
Over the past decade, the Dutch government has pursued a research-based approach to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in health. We report on the most recent phase in this approach: the development of a strategy to reduce health inequalities in the Netherlands by an independent committee. In additio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC529300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15500696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-3-11 |
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description | Over the past decade, the Dutch government has pursued a research-based approach to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in health. We report on the most recent phase in this approach: the development of a strategy to reduce health inequalities in the Netherlands by an independent committee. In addition, we will reflect on the way the report of this committee has influenced health policy and practice. A 6-year research and development program was conducted which covered a number of different policy options and consisted of 12 intervention studies. The study results were discussed with experts and policy makers. A government advisory committee developed a comprehensive strategy that intends to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy by 25% in 2020. The strategy covers 4 different entry-points for reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health, contains 26 specific recommendations, and includes 11 quantitative policy targets. Further research and development efforts are also recommended. Although the Dutch approach has been influenced by similar efforts in other European countries, particularly the United Kingdom and Sweden, it is unique in terms of its emphasis on building a systematic evidence-base for interventions and policies to reduce health inequalities. Both researchers and policy-makers were involved in the process, and there are clear indications that some of the recommendations are being adopted by health policy-makers and health care practice, although more so at the local than at the national level. |
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spelling | pubmed-5293002004-11-19 The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands Mackenbach, Johan P Stronks, Karien Int J Equity Health Research Over the past decade, the Dutch government has pursued a research-based approach to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in health. We report on the most recent phase in this approach: the development of a strategy to reduce health inequalities in the Netherlands by an independent committee. In addition, we will reflect on the way the report of this committee has influenced health policy and practice. A 6-year research and development program was conducted which covered a number of different policy options and consisted of 12 intervention studies. The study results were discussed with experts and policy makers. A government advisory committee developed a comprehensive strategy that intends to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in disability-free life expectancy by 25% in 2020. The strategy covers 4 different entry-points for reducing socioeconomic inequalities in health, contains 26 specific recommendations, and includes 11 quantitative policy targets. Further research and development efforts are also recommended. Although the Dutch approach has been influenced by similar efforts in other European countries, particularly the United Kingdom and Sweden, it is unique in terms of its emphasis on building a systematic evidence-base for interventions and policies to reduce health inequalities. Both researchers and policy-makers were involved in the process, and there are clear indications that some of the recommendations are being adopted by health policy-makers and health care practice, although more so at the local than at the national level. BioMed Central 2004-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC529300/ /pubmed/15500696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-3-11 Text en Copyright © 2004 Mackenbach and Stronks; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Mackenbach, Johan P Stronks, Karien The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title | The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title_full | The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title_fullStr | The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title_full_unstemmed | The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title_short | The development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the Netherlands |
title_sort | development of a strategy for tackling health inequalities in the netherlands |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC529300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15500696 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-3-11 |
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