Fair and sustainable care

At the end of June 2006, the report Zinnige en duurzame zorg (Sensible and Sustainable Care) was published, addressing issues such as which criteria should be applied in order to identify priorities for the funding of care from collective resources.

However, the report left two key questions unanswered: what constitutes ‘fairness’ and what roles and responsibilities do the various stakeholders have in the prioritisation process?