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🇳🇱 Netherlands
How FutureProof is the healthcare system in the Netherlands?
4th
/33
European Locations
How this score impacts life in the Netherlands
Decision Support Systems
Better decision support needed
The Netherlands needs to improve its use of Decision Support Systems in mHealth technologies (12th) to advance within the "Health Products and Technologies" Vital Sign.
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Healthcare R&D
Top for health R&D spending
Compared to other countries, the Netherlands spends a very high percentage of GDP on health R&D.
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Health Services
Top for Health Services
The Netherlands ranks 1st in the "Health Services" Vital Sign, signalling few obstacles to planning, organisation and delivery of healthcare.
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Vital Signs and Measures
All measures, including the measures within the Vital Signs, are equally weighted.
Did you know that...
Multiple Sclerosis Index
|
Europe
🇳🇱 Netherlands ranked
27th
Out of 30 countries for
Deaths
Multiple Sclerosis Index
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Europe
🇳🇱 Netherlands ranked
2nd
Out of 30 countries for
Sick Pay
Multiple Sclerosis Index
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Europe
🇳🇱 Netherlands ranked
2nd
Out of 30 countries for
Daily Living
Meet the Experts
The Expert Panel and contributing experts are regularly publishing their own perspectives and insights about what works and what’s next in European healthcare systems based on the Index findings. Explore their expert commentary below.
Ava Battles
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Ava Battles
Chief Executive, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
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Beata Jagielska
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Beata Jagielska
Head of Oncological Diagnostics, National Institute of Oncology Maria Skłodowska-Curie, PL
Index Creator
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Birgit Bauer
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Birgit Bauer
Journalist, Social Media Expert and Multiple Sclerosis Patient Blogger
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Birgit Beger
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Birgit Beger
CEO of the European Heart Network
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Bogi Eliasen
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Bogi Eliasen
Director of Health, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
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Denis Horgan
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Denis Horgan
Executive Director, European Alliance for Personalised Medicine
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Dominika Czarnota-Szałkowska
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Dominika Czarnota-Szałkowska
Member, European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) Executive Committee
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Donal Buggy
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Donal Buggy
Head of Services and Advocacy, Irish Cancer Society
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Dr. Miriam O’Connor
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Dr. Miriam O’Connor
Consultant Medical Oncologist, University Hospital Waterford, IE
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Dr. Nina Byrnes
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Dr. Nina Byrnes
Co-Founder and CEO, Store My Script
National Panel Advisor
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Dr. Panos Kanavos
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Dr. Panos Kanavos
Deputy Director of LSE Health, London School of Economics, UK
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Dr. Rebecca Maguire
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Dr. Rebecca Maguire
Lecturer in Psychology, Maynooth University, IE
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Dr. Stephen Finn
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Dr. Stephen Finn
Consultant Pathologist, St. James’s Hospital, IE
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Eduard Vrdoljak
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Eduard Vrdoljak
Head of the Center for Oncology and Professor, University of Split, HR
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Elisabeth Kasilingam
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Elisabeth Kasilingam
CEO, European Multiple Sclerosis Platform
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Fred Horne
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Fred Horne
Health Policy Consultant and Former Minister of Health, Alberta, Canada
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Joanne M. Hackett, PhD
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Joanne M. Hackett, PhD
General Partner Healthcare, IZY Capital
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Liam Doran
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Liam Doran
Former General Secretary, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO)
National Panel Advisor
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Lydia Makaroff
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Lydia Makaroff
CEO, Fight Bladder Cancer
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Mary Harney
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Mary Harney
Former Tánaiste and Former Minister for Health, Ireland
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Mary Maguire
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Mary Maguire
Minna Hendolin, PhD
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Minna Hendolin, PhD
PhD, Leading Specialist, HealthData, Sitra
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Pierre–Alain Delley
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Pierre–Alain Delley
General Manager, Roche Ireland
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Professor Bryan Hennessy
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Professor Bryan Hennessy
Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beaumont Hospital & Former Clinical Lead of Cancer Trials Ireland
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Professor Jérôme de Sèze
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Professor Jérôme de Sèze
Head of the Neuroimmunological Department, University of Strasbourg, FR
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Professor Martine Piccart
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Professor Martine Piccart
Professor of Oncology, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Scientific Director, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels
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Professor Sven Meuth
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Professor Sven Meuth
Vice Dean for Research and Deputy Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Münster, DE
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Professor Thomas Berger
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Professor Thomas Berger
Chair of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, AT
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Stanimir Hasardzhiev
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Stanimir Hasardzhiev
Chairperson, National Patients’ Organization Bulgaria
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Tõnu Esko, PhD
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Tõnu Esko, PhD
Professor of Human Genomics, University of Tartu, EE, and Chief Business Development Officer, Estonian Biobank Innovation Center
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Tony O’Brien
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Tony O’Brien
Usman Khan, PhD
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Usman Khan, PhD
Former Executive Director, European Patients' Forum
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Vincent Barton
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Vincent Barton
Director, Prospectus, and Former Principal, Department of Health and Children, Ireland
National Panel Advisor
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