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Below a survey of my publications and articles. At the end of this page you find some downloads with the complete text. The order is chronological.

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Okma, K.G.H and L.Crivelli (eds). 2010.

Six Countries, Six Reform Models: The Healthcare Reform Experience of Israel, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan.

Singapore: World Scientific Publishers.


PUBLICATIONS

Six Countries, Six Health Reform Models? (with T-M Cheng, D. Chinitz, L.Crivelli, M-K Lim, H. Maarse and M.E. Labra). Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis , 2010, vol 12 (1-2): 75-113.

Comparative Studies & the Politics of Modern Medicine. 2009. Th.R.Marmor, R.Freeman and K.G.H.Okma (eds). New Haven: Yale University Press.

The Netherlands: From Polder Model to Modern Management (with A.A. de Roo). Comparative Studies & the Politics of Modern Medicine. 2009. Th.R.Marmor, R.Freeman and K.G.H.Okma (eds): 120-52.

Hospital Care in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands (with M.B.Decter). Comparative Studies & the Politics of Modern Medicine. 2009. Th.R.Marmor, R.Freeman and K.G.H.Okma (eds): 203-43.

Recent Changes in Dutch Health Insurance: Individual Mandate or Social Insurance? In Expanding Access to Health Care, T.F. Buss and P.N. Van de Water (eds). National Academy of Social Insurance. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe. 2009: 144-61.

Nouveaux changements concernant l’assurance maladie néerlandaise. 2009. Carnet de Sante de la France 2009. J. de Kervasdoué (ed) Paris: Mutualité francaise: 171-98.

Changements « discrets » de politique sociale (avec L.Crivelli, T.Ashton, T.Tinbensel, T-M Cheng, D.Chinitz, M-K.Lim, H.Maarse and M.E.Labra). Carnet de Santé de la France 2009. J. de Kervasdoué (ed) Paris: Mutualité francaise: 217-47.

Learning and Mislearning across Borders: What Can we (Not) Learn from the 2006 Health Care Reform in the Netherlands? Commentary on Rosenau and Lako. l of Health Policies, Politics and Law vol 33 (6) 2008: 1057-71.


Better But Not Well. Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950 by Richard G Frank and Sherry A Glied (Book review essay).
Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law January 2008.

Six Countries, Six Health Reform Models? (with Tsung-Mei Cheng, David Chinitz, Luca Crivelli, Mweng-Kin Lim, Hans Maarse and Maria Eliana Labre). Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (forthcoming).

Recent Change in Dutch health Insurance: Individual Mandate or Social Health Insurance? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington DC, 30 and 31 January 2008. Read full text >>

Dutch Treatment: In Holland Some See Model for U.S. Health-care System. Commentary to article on Dutch health care reforms, Sept 6, 2007.

What It Is, What It Does and What It Might Do: A Review of Michael Moore’s Sicko : (with Theodore R Marmor and Joseph R Rojas. (Film review). The Am J of Bioethics, 7)190): 49-51, 2007.

The Changing Role of general practitioners: how typical is the Dutch case? J Health Serv Res 2006.

Comparative Perspectives on National Values, Institutions and Health Policies (with Theodore R Marmor and Stephen R Latham. Sociology of Health and Illness.
C.Wendt (ed) 2006.

Troonrede, beleid en verschuivende metaforen over de mondige patient. Special edition Jaarboek Gezondheidszorg, Prinsjesdag 2005. Zorg en Financiering. Houten: Bohn Stafleu Van Loghum, pp 211-226.

Comparative Perspectives and Policy Learning in the World of Health Care (with Ted Marmor and Richard Freeman). Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2005 vol 7 (4): 331-348.

Huisarts, pas u aan (General Practitioners need to adjust). NRC Handelsblad, Sept 13, 2005.

Comparative Perspectives and Policy learning in the World of Health Care. (With Ted Marmor and Richard Freeman). Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis,
vol 7 no 4, Dec 2005:331-348.

De Patient Centraal. Zijn de Verenigde Staten ons Voorland? (Consumer Driven Health Care: US Present, Europe’s Future? (with Machteld Oooijens). Tijdschrift voor de Sociale Sector, June 2005: 26-29.

Vergrijzing is geen zorgprobleem (Ageing is not a health care problem) Het Financieele Dagblad, 21december 2004.

The Privatisation Paradox in Dutch Health Care (with Hans Maarse).in Privatization in European Health Care. H.Maarse (ed). Maarssen: Reed Elsevier Business, 2004.

The Role of Private Health Insurance in Social Health Insurance Countries (with Juergen Wasem and Stefan Gress). European Observatory. 2004.

Das Budgetmodell der niederländischen Krankenkassen (with Hattem van der Burg) Die BBK, Zeitschrift der Betrieblichen Krankenverzicherung 2004(92): 36-39.

Huisvesting en zorg (editorial) Zorg & Financiering 2jrg 2(9)2003:1.



Comparaison des systèmes de santé des grands pays occidentaux (with Jean de Kervasdoué and Theodore R Marmor). Carnet de Santé de la France 2003: 205-243. Paris: Mutualité francaise/Dunod.

Health Care Systems in Transition of the World Health Organisation. (with Theodore R Marmor) (book review essay). Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law vol 28, 4, 2003:747-755.

Zoek de verschillen: de beleidsterreinen volksgezondheid, volkshuisvesting en onderwijs vergeleken (met Sandra Pomp). Zorg & Financiering. 2e jrg 2(1)2003: 10-19.

Schuivende Panelen (editorial). Zorg & Financiering 2e jrg 2(1)2003:1.

Health care and the Welfare state: two worlds of welfare drifting apart, but still interrelated. Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid 2002(3): 519-529.

The Method of Open Co-ordination: Open procedures or closed circuit? Social policy making between science and politics. European Journal of Social Security, 2002 vol 4/4: 331-341.

How (not) to look at proposals to reform Canadian health care. Policy Options, Nov 2002:17-21.

Naar een nieuwe architectuur voor de sociale bescherming in Europa. Een bijdrage van het Belgisch voorzitterschap. (Towards a new architecture of social protection; a contribution of the Belgian presidency) (with Jos Berghman). Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid 2002(3): 419-426.

Health Care and the welfare state: two worlds of welfare drifting apart? J Berghman et al. (eds). Social Security in Transition: 229-238. Leiden: Kluwer Law International, 2002.

Open coördinatie: tussen wetenschap en beleid? (Open co-ordination: between science and politics?) (with Jos Berghman). Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid 2002(3): 547-555.

Vers une nouvelle architecture de la protection sociale en Europe; une contribution de la presidence belge. (Towards a new architecture of social protection; a contribution of the Belgian presidency) (with Jos Berghman). Revue belge de securité sociale. 2002(3): 419-626

Coordination ouverte: entre science et politique? (with Jos Berghman). Revue belge de securité sociale. 2002(3):547-555.

National Values, Institutions and Health Policies: What Do They Imply for Medicare Reform? (with Theodore R Marmor and Stephen R Latham). Discussion paper for the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, 2002.

Private Health Insurance in Social Health Insurance Countries– Market Outcomes and Policy Implications. (with Stefan Gress and Jürgen Wasem). Diskussionspapier, Rechts- und Staatswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Ernst-Moritz Universität, Greifswald, Febr 2002.

Report of the Eighth Workshop EU Law and National Health Policies 2002. (Conference report) Amsterdam, February 21-21, 2002.

Wat Mij Opvalt… (editorial). Zorg & Financiering 2002(4):1.

De verkiezingsprogramma’s 2002 en de gezondheidszorg. Zorg & Financiering 2002(4):10-17.

What is the Best Public-Private Model for Canadian Health Care? Research paper. Montreal: Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy, 2002.

The genesis of medicare. The Globe and Mail, 13th February 2002.

Gezondheidszorg en sociale zekerheid: ‘Two worlds of welfare drifting apart?” Zorg & Verzekeringen 2001(9):753-761.

De nota Vraag aan bod van juli 2001: Oud voor Nieuw of Nieuw voor Oud? (Demand at the Centre: Old Policies Revisited, or New Policies?) Zorg & Verzekeringen 2001(6):537-44.

Health care and the welfare state: Two worlds of welfare drifting apart? Conference on the Second Century of social security: social integration in the 21st century. The Hague, June 14, 2001.

Over wortels en stokken (About Carrots and Sticks). ESB 2001(86):D26-28.

De vierschalige weegschaal in de gezondheidszorg (The Four Scale Balance in Health Care) (editorial) Zorg en Verzekeringen, 2001(3):230.

Convenanten: nieuw instrument van beleid (Covenants as a new policy instrument?)
(with M Klee) Zorg en Verzekering 2001(1):8-20.



Health Care Reform and Competition in The Netherlands. Paper presented at the Multi-Country Seminar on the Future Developments in European Public Health, organised by the Vertretung der Deutschen Ärzteschaft am Regierungssitz, Berlin, May 11, 2001.

Implementing prospective budgeting for Dutch Sickness Funds.
(with JD Poelert). Eur J of Public Health 2001(11):178-181.

Managed Competition in Health Care: Dutch Present and German Future?
(with Stefan Gress) Paper at the 3rd Meeting of the International Health Economics Association, York, July 2001.

Het moderne zorgstelsel: van modificatie tot codificatie?
Nieuwe grenzen aan de zorg. Amstelveen: Stichting Sympoz, 2001: 48-53.

Health Care, Health Policies and Health Care Reforms in The Netherlands. 2001.
The Entrepreneurs Guide to Global Health Care Markets. WW Wieners (ed). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Health Care, Health Policies and Health Care Reforms in the Netherlands (brochure 52 p). The Hague: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports, 2001.

Het moderne zorgstelsel: van modificatie tot codificatie? Zorg & Verzekering, 2000 jrg 9 (4): 332-38.

Wat Mij Opvalt (editorial) Zorg en Verzekeringen, 2000(5):519.

Questioning the Role Of The Private Market In The British NHS. Comments to Alain Enthoven’s Rock Carling Lecture 2000. Health Affairs. May/June 2000, vol 19 no 3:129-31.

Health Care Systems in Transition: An International Perspective.FD Powell and AF Wissen (eds). (Book review essay) Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law Dec 2000 (6): 1178-85.

Honderd jaar basisverzekering (Hundred Years Basic Health Insurance?), Editorial, Zorg & Verzekering, 2000 (4): 466.

Markets and Health Care. A Comparative Analysis. W Ranade (ed). (book review essay). Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law. 1999(6): 1413-19.

European Health Care Reform by R Saltman and J Figueras. (book review essay). Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law. 1999 (4):835- 40.

Taking Stock and Looking Forward: What Have We Learned from the Four Country Conferences on Health Care Policies and Health Care Reform? (with Th R Marmor). Conference paper for the Fifth Four Country Conference, Sydney, July 1999.

Four Issues Seen by Policy Makers’Lenses: the Case of The Netherlands.
(with J Breit). Conference paper, the Fifth Four Country Conference, Sydney, July 1999.

Societal interventions affecting elderly citizens: a comparative approach.
(with Th. R Marmor). Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics 1998 vol 18, 321-338.

Regeerakkoord 1998: Van no regret naar forward looking? Zorg en Verzekering, jrg 6, 1998:617-24.

De Eerste Staat van de Gezondheidszorg 1997. Zorg en Verzekering, jrg 6, oktober 1998:485-98.

Developments in health care cost containment in The Netherlands. (with M Van het Loo and JP Kahan). Health Care and Cost Containment in the European Union. E.Mossialos and J Le Grand (eds). Aldershot:Ashgate. 1999:573-603.

Charging patients: why, when and how?Editorial, Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, vol 3, no 3, July 1998:131-33.

From Polder Model to Modern Management in Dutch Health Care (with AA De Roo). Conference paper, Four Country Conference 1998, Yale University, New Haven July 1998.

Cautionary Lessons from the West: What (not) to learn from other countries’ experiences in the financing and delivery of health care.(with ThR Marmor). The State of Social Welfare 1997. P Flora, PhR De Jong et al (eds) Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998.

Paul Pierson: Dismantling the Welfare State? Reagan, Thatcher and the Politics of Retrenchment (Book review). Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law Vol 23, no 2 April 1998:397-402.

Studies on Dutch Health Politics, Policies and Law. 1997. PhD thesis. Medical Faculty, University Utrecht.



Concurrentie, markten en marktwerking in de gezondheidszorg (Competition and markets in health care). Tijdschrift voor Politieke Economie. 1997(2):164-78.

The Balancing Act of a Health Minister: Controlling Health Expenditures in The Netherlands. LSE Health Annual Lecture. London, November 5, 1997.

Recent health care policies and long term care in The Netherlands. (Paper) Conference "Zur neuereren Sozialstaats- und Sozialpolitikentwicklung in den Niederlanden". Berlin, 1997.

Beleid, politieke besluitvorming en wetgeving in de Nederlandse gezondheidszorg.
Medisch Contact. 1997(52):593-596.

Restructuring Health Care Systems in The Netherlands: The Institutional Heritage of Dutch Health Policy Reforms (with JW Björkman) Health Policy, National Schemes and Globalization. C Altenstetter and JW Björkman (eds). London: MacMillan. 1997.

Die Pflegeversicherung in den Niederlanden. Paper, Symposium "Pfegeversicherung in Europa". January 1997. Zentrum für Europäische Rechtspolitik an der Universität Bremen.

Competing Solutions by J.White (book review essay). Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law. Vol 21, nr 1 Spring 1996:171-74

Priorities in health care of elderly people: conflicting images, conflicts of interests?
(with E Borst-Eilers). College Journal of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. 1996(26):553-558

Antipodal Paths of Health Reforms by the Kiwis and the Windmills: experience in New Zealand and The Netherlands 1990-1995 (with Chr Lovelace). European Hospital Management Journal. 1996(2):70-72.

Van Dees naar Borst: van modificatie naar codificatie? Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 1996 140(2):1086-89.

Canada in Mootjes? Decentralisatie en gezondheidszorg in Canada. Medisch Contact 1996 51(20):671-73.

Regeerakkoord 1994: trendbreuk of continuïteit op het gebied van de gezondheidszorg? Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 1995; 139(23):1193-99.

Four Country Conference on Health Care Policies in the United States, Canada, Germany and The Netherlands. (Conference Report). 1995. Rijswijk: Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

Restructuring Health Care and Beyond. The Health Summary, briefing paper for policy makers in health. Vol XII, no IV. April 1995.

Restructuring health care in The Netherlands. 1995. International developments in health care. A review of health care systems in the 1990s. R.Williams (ed). London: Royal College of Physicians.

Regulating the Private Insurance Market in The Netherlands (unpublished paper). Rijswijk, 1994

Food for Hungry Academicians, discussion paper for a seminar at the School of Organization and Management. Yale University. New Haven, September 26, 1994.

Thema's voor de toekomst van de herstructurering van de Nederlandse Gezondheidszorg. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. 1994, 138(24):1233-38.

De Wet op de Toegang tot Ziektekostenverzekeringen opnieuw voor het voetlicht.
Sociaal Maandblad Arbeid. 1994 (49):130-41.


DOWNLOADS OF PUBLICATIONS:

WSJ blog, in reaction to article about Dutch Health Care Reforms
The Dutch Treatment: In Holland Some See Model for U.S. Health-care System.
Sept 6, 2007.


Paper for the Annual Meeting 2008 of The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI)
commissioned by NASI.

The Privatisation paradox in Dutch Health Care
(with Hans Maarse)


De beleidsagenda voor de gezondheidszorg
(Kieke G.H. Okma). Cahiers Sociale Wetenschappen en Beleid, SISWO Social Policy Research, december 2004. For a short impression, read the contents statement, the furrow word and the introduction. The cahier is to be ordered by SISWO, Social policy Research


Vergrijzing is geen zorgprobleem
(Kieke G.H. Okma). Finacieel Dagblad, pagina 9, dinsdag 21 december 2004


The unfinished health policy agenda: questions for policy and research in the next decades
Kieke G.H.Okma, June 2004 (third version, draft)


De invoering van budgetten voor Nederlandse ziekenfondsen als onderdeel van het sociaal beleid
(with Van der Burg) Budgettering van zorgverzekeraars, deel I, jan. 2004


Les promesses et les échecs des indicateurs de performance dans la santé publique de la Hollande
Kieke G.H.Okma, Senior policy advisor, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport , The Hague, The Netherlands


Health Care Systems in Transition of the World Health Organisation.
(with Theodore R Marmor) (book review essay). Journal of Health Policies, Politics and Law vol 28, 4, 2003:747-755.


The Method of Open Co-ordination: Open procedures or closed circuit? Social policy making between science and politics.
European Journal of Social Security, 2002 vol 4/4: 331-341.


La fin de la vie en Hollande
Colloque Naître, Vivre, Mourir –Les nouveaux destins de l’Humanité, Grande Loge Féminine de France, Paris, samedi 30 novembre 2002


Experience with Performance Indicators in Dutch Health Care: Promises and Pitfalls
Kieke Okma, Senior policy advisor, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport of The Netherlands
Associate professor, Queen’s University, Kingston (On), Canada, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, September 2002