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http://www.itinerainstitute.org/en/library/itinera-publications-presentations/_paper/belgian-healthcare-needs-an-american-revolution/
Belgian healthcare needs an American revolution
27 July 2009
Marc De Vos
Marc De Vos explains how American and Belgian healthcare have the same characteristics and challenges in common. Belgium can learn from the reform debate in the US. We are in a denial state about the necessity for another healthcare. Here also, healthcare effectiveness, efficiency and quality have to be a central concern.
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