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Health accounts; functions and financing, with link to Dutch health and social care accounts

In 1995, more men than women were admitted to hospital for chronic pulmonary diseases. Subsequently, the gender gap gradually narrowed and has currently disappeared altogether. COPD typically...

Chronic diseases are often accompanied by other long-lasting disorders, especially in older people. People with chronic arthritis nearly always suffer from at least one and often more than one other...

Victims of workplace aggression more often report a poor state of health than their colleagues who do not face aggression at work. They are also more dissatisfied with their job and are more often...

Euthanasia should under certain circumstances be allowed, according to 87 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands.

Person who died suddenly and unexpectedly, where it is assumed that no medical decisions were made about the end of life.

Compared with other countries in Europe, in the Netherlands hospital admissions are relatively short: less than two days to have a baby and less than six days for an acute heart attack. The number of...

Health perception, height, obesity, health complaints, physical limitations, psychosocial complaints by sex, type of insurance,

A publication just released by Statistics Netherlands on health and care in 2007 comprises seven articles on a range of recent developments in the area of health and care.

In the first nine weeks of the corona crisis (week 11 to 19 inclusive), there were almost 9 thousand more deaths (estimated) than would normally be expected during this period.

Health Accounts; providers and financing, with link to Dutch Health and Social Care Accounts

In the Netherlands, 1 in every 5 children aged between 4 and 12 are chronically ill. Asthma and chronic bronchitis are the most common chronic diseases.

The number of hospital admissions for pneumonia or acute bronchitis has doubled in the period 1981–2005. New cases of pneumonia are predominantly found among over-65s, while new cases...

Between 2001 and 2007, labour productivity in the sector elderly care increased by an average of 1.4 percent annually. The labour productivity growth was entirely realised after 2004 when the...

Spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 65.7 billion euro in 2006. This is 4.4 percent more than in 2005.

Health accounts; functions and financing, with link to Dutch health and social care accounts

The participants were asked to develop a sensor which could measure the various aspects of physically straining work

Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 10 - 14 March 2014.

Mortality has dropped below the expected level as of week 20.

Health Accounts; providers and financing, with link to Dutch Health and Social Care Accounts

More deaths have been registered in recent weeks than the average reported over this amount of time in the past.