Measuring poverty in the Netherlands: the generalised reference budget approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-184
Author(s):  
J. Cok Vrooman ◽  
Benedikt Goderis ◽  
Stella Hoff ◽  
Bart van Hulst
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Reference Budgets

This chapter looks into generalised two reference budgets for measuring poverty in the Netherlands. The first, a “basic needs” budget, is based on the expenses that can be regarded as the minimum necessary standard in the Netherlands. The second is a Modest but Adequate (MBA) reference budget, which is more generous and takes into account the minimum cost of recreation and social participation. The chapter clarifies how the both the budgets are first determined for a single household and then derived for other household types by applying equivalence scales. It also explains that the reference budgets are based on the deliberations of experts, informed by administrative data, and national expenditure surveys.

The Slovenian experience with three methods for defining the minimum income

2020 ◽  
pp. 227-240
Author(s):  
Nada Stropnik
Keyword(s):  
Basic Needs ◽  
Minimum Income ◽  
Normative Approach ◽  
Home Appliances ◽  
Food Basket ◽  
Cost Calculations ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Food Share ◽  
Reference Budgets

This chapter examines the Slovenian experience with three methods for defining minimum income standards. It suggests that all three approaches were expert-led, normative, and were intended to cover “basic needs.” It also talks about the approach on developing basic needs for reference budgets from the late 1970s and early 1980s, which was based on expert deliberations and analysis of family expenditure surveys that indicate consumptions patterns. The chapter explains how the food basket was determined by nutrition experts while a normative approach was adopted for heating and lighting, clothing and footwear, home appliances and furniture, and leisure. It discusses the “food-share” method, which is based on the cost calculations for a minimal diet with a proportion added for other non-food necessities.

scholarly journals Formal and informal social participation of the ‘young-old’ in The Netherlands in 1992 and 2002

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARJOLEIN BROESE VAN GROENOU ◽  
DORLY J. H. DEEG
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Volunteer Work ◽  
Cohort Differences ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Using Data

ABSTRACTThe study compares the formal and informal social participation of 60–69 year olds in The Netherlands in 1992 and 2002, and examines which attributes of the two cohorts favour social participation. Using data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam, it was found that cohort differences in formal participation (as members of organisations, in volunteer work and in religious organisations) and in informal participation (having a large social network, and in cultural and recreational activities) associated with cohort differences in individual characteristics (level of education, health, employment status and marital status). Descriptive analyses showed an increase between 1992 and 2002 in all forms of participation except religious involvement. The 2002 cohort members were more educated and more engaged in employment, but in worse health and had a higher prevalence of divorce than the 1992 cohort members. Logistic regression analyses showed that the positive effect on social participation of the recent cohort's higher educational level was suppressed by the negative effect of their worse health. Being divorced had mixed effects on formal and informal participation, but the difference in the number of divorcees did not explain cohort differences in social participation. Interaction effects showed that the influence of sex and health on volunteer work and religious involvement changed over time. The paper concludes with a discussion of the prospects for higher levels of formal and informal social participation among future cohorts of young-older people.

scholarly journals Baseline incidence of intussusception in early childhood before rotavirus vaccine introduction, the Netherlands, January 2008 to December 2012

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (25) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kartini Gadroen ◽  
Jeanet M Kemmeren ◽  
Patricia CJ Bruijning-Verhagen ◽  
Sabine MJM Straus ◽  
Daniel Weibel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Rotavirus Vaccine ◽  
Dutch Hospital ◽  
Healthcare Database ◽  
Vaccine Introduction ◽  
Healthcare Data

Intussusception is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition in early childhood. It gained attention due to an unexpected association with the first rotavirus vaccine, RotaShield, which was subsequently withdrawn from the market. Across Europe, broad variations in intussusception incidence rates have been reported. This study provides a first estimate of intussusception incidence in young children in the Netherlands from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, which could be used for future rotavirus safety monitoring. Our estimates are based on two different sources: electronic medical records from the primary healthcare database (IPCI), as well as administrative data from the Dutch hospital register (LBZ). The results from our study indicate a low rate of intussusception. Overall incidence rate in children < 36 months of age was 21.2 per 100,000 person-years (95% confidence interval (CI): 12.5–34.3) based on primary healthcare data and 22.6 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI: 20.9–24.4) based on hospital administrative data. The estimates suggest the upper and lower bound of the expected number of cases.

Re-admission patterns in England and the Netherlands: a comparison based on administrative data of all hospitals

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-207
Author(s):  
Karin Hekkert ◽  
Femke van der Brug ◽  
Eilís Keeble ◽  
Ine Borghans ◽  
Sezgin Cihangir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Administrative Data

Surgical Mortality in Patients With Esophageal Cancer: Development and Validation of a Simple Risk Score

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (26) ◽  
pp. 4277-4284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewout W. Steyerberg ◽  
Bridget A. Neville ◽  
Linetta B. Koppert ◽  
Valery E.P.P. Lemmens ◽  
Hugo W. Tilanus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Esophageal Cancer ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Risk Score ◽  
Hospital Volume ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Surgical Mortality ◽  
Care Assessment

PurposeSurgery has curative potential in a proportion of patients with esophageal cancer, but is associated with considerable perioperative risks. We aimed to develop and validate a simple risk score for surgical mortality that could be applied to administrative data.Patients and MethodsWe analyzed 3,592 esophagectomy patients from four cohorts. We applied logistic regression analysis to predict mortality occurring within 30 days after esophagectomy for 1,327 esophageal cancer patients older than 65 years of age, diagnosed between 1991 and 1996 in the linked Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) - Medicare database. A simple score chart for preoperative risk assessment of surgical mortality was developed and validated on three other cohorts, including 714 SEER-Medicare patients diagnosed between 1997 and 1999, 349 patients from a population-based registry in the Netherlands diagnosed between 1993 and 2001, and 1,202 patients from a referral hospital in the Netherlands diagnosed between 1980 and 2002.ResultsSurgical mortality in the four cohorts was 11% (147 of 1,327), 10% (74 of 714), 7% (25 of 349), and 4% (45 of 1,202), respectively. Predictive patient characteristics included age, comorbidity (cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, and diabetes), preoperative radiotherapy or combined chemoradiotherapy, and a relatively low hospital volume. At validation, the simple score showed good agreement of predicted risks with observed mortality rates (calibration), but low discrimination (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve 0.58 to 0.66).ConclusionA simple risk score combining clinical characteristics along with hospital volume to predict surgical mortality after esophagectomy from administrative data may form a basis for risk adjustment in quality of care assessment.

Social participation of patients with hemophilia in the Netherlands

Blood ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1811-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Plug ◽  
Marjolein Peters ◽  
Eveline P. Mauser-Bunschoten ◽  
Arja de Goede-Bolder ◽  
Lily Heijnen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Prophylactic Treatment ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Severe Hemophilia ◽  
Occupational Disability ◽  
Male Population ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
The 1960S

The introduction of replacement therapy in the 1960s has improved medical and social circumstances gradually. The availability of prophylactic treatment has further increased the possibilities of a “normal” life for patients with hemophilia. We examined whether social participation and health-related quality of life (HRQol) of today's hemophilia patients differs from the general male population. There were a total of 721 participants in the Hemophilia in the Netherlands 5 study (HiN-5 study) ages 16 to 64 years. Patients with severe hemophilia participated less in full-time work compared with the general population. Occupational disability was reported by 35% of patients with severe hemophilia between ages 31 and 64 years, compared with 9% in the general population. HRQol of patients with severe hemophilia between ages 31 and 64 years was lower than of the general population. The differences with the general population in HRQol were least pronounced for patients between ages 16 and 30 years. Despite major improvements in treatment during the last decades, patients with hemophilia are still less involved in full-time paid work and suffer more from occupational disability than men from the general population. After the introduction of prophylactic treatment, the number of patients who are occupationally disabled is reduced.

scholarly journals Effects of rheumatoid arthritis on employment and social participation during the first years of disease in The Netherlands

Rheumatology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (8) ◽  
pp. 848-853 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. van Jaarsveld ◽  
J. W. Jacobs ◽  
A. J. Schrijvers ◽  
G. A. van Albada-Kuipers ◽  
D. M. Hofman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Participation

scholarly journals Economic growth, nutrition and living standards in 19th century Lima: new estimates of welfare ratios using a linear programming model

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Luis Felipe Zegarra
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Programming Model ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Linear Programming Model ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Food Basket ◽  
The Cost

This study relies on a linear programming model to estimate welfare ratios in 19th century Lima. By using a linear programming model, the food basket guarantees the intake of basic nutrients at the minimum cost. The subsistence cost includes the cost of food and other basic needs. The estimates show that low-skilled workers in Lima were able to cover their basic needs in 1800-1875. The results also show that living standards of low-skilled workers declined during the Guano Era. Living standards in Lima, however, compared favorably to several cities in Europe.

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