Netherlands

Journal Articles

2020

Femke Atsma, Glyn Elwyn, Gert Westert. Understanding unwarranted variation in clinical practice: a focus on network effects, reflective medicine and learning health systems. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare. 2020.

Yvonne de Man, Stef Groenewoud, Mariska G Oosterveld-Vlug et. al. Regional variation in hospital care at the end-of-life of Dutch patients with lung cancer exists and is not correlated with primary and long-term care. International Journal for Quality in Healthcare. 2020.

2019

Sasaki, N., Groenewoud, S., Kunisawa, S. er al. Public needs for information disclosure on healthcare performance: Different determinants between Japan and the Netherlands. Medicine. October. 2019.

2016

Brabers, A. E., van Dijk, L., Groenewegen, P. P., van Peperstraten, A. M., de Jong, J. D. Does a strategy to promote shared decision-making reduce medical practice variation in the choice of either single or double embryo transfer after in vitro fertilisation? A secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2016.

2015

Offerhaus PM, Geerts C, de Jonge A, Hukkelhoven CW, Twisk JW, Lagro-Janssen AL. Variation in referrals to secondary obstetrician-led care among primary midwifery care practices in the Netherlands: a nationwide cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2015.

van der Waal D; Emaus MJ; Bakker MF; den Heeten GJ; Karssemeijer N, et al. Geographic variation in volumetric breast density between screening regions in the Netherlands. Eur Radiol. 2015.

2012

Hanstede MM, Burger MJ, Timmermans A, Burger MP. Regional and temporal variation in hysterectomy rates and surgical routes for benign diseases in the Netherlands. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 2012.

van den Bosch WF, Spreeuwenberg P, Wagner C. Variations in hospital standardised mortality ratios (HSMR) as a result of frequent readmissions. BMC Health Services Research. 2012.

2010

de Jong JD, Groenewegen PP, Spreeuwenberg P, Schellevis F, Westert GP. Do guidelines create uniformity in medical practice? Soc Sci Med. 2010.

Elferink MA, Wouters MW, Krijnen P et al. Disparities in quality of care for colon cancer between hospitals in the Netherlands. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010.

Goossens-Laan CA, Visser O, Wouters MW et al. Variations in treatment policies and outcome for bladder cancer in the Netherlands. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010.

van Steenbergen LN, van de Poll-Franse LV, Wouters MW et al. Variation in management of early breast cancer in the Netherlands, 2003-2006. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010.

Wouters, M W J M. Siesling, S. Jansen-Landheer, et al. Variation in treatment and outcome in patients with non-small cell lung cancer by region, hospital type and volume in the Netherlands. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010.

2009

de Jong JD, Groenewegen PP, Spreeuwenberg P, Schellevis F, Westert GP. Do guidelines create uniformity in medical practice? Soc Sci Med. 2009.

Vulto JC, Lybeert ML, Louwman MW, et al. Population-based study of trends and variations in radiotherapy as part of primary treatment of cancer in the southern Netherlands between 1988 and 2006, with an emphasis on breast and rectal cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009.

2007

Schouten van der Velden AP. Van Dijck JA. Wobbes T. Variations in treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast: a population-based study in the East Netherlands. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2007.

2006

Bipat S, van Leeuwen MS, Ijzermans JN, et al. Imaging and treatment of patients with colorectal liver metastases in the Netherlands: a survey. Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 2006.

de Jong JD, Westert GP, Lagoe R, Groenewegen PP. Variation in hospital length of stay: do physicians adapt their length of stay decisions to what is usual in the hospital where they work? Health Services Research. 2006.

Reports

Medical Practice Variations

de Jong J, Groenewegen P, Westert G. Sociological Model for Understanding Medical Practice Variations. In: Johnson A, Stukel T, eds. Medical Practice Variations: Springer US. 2015.