In June 2021, an intermediate report assessing the sustainability of the Belgian healthcare system by means of projections was published. The full report is available on the KCE website: Performance of the Belgian healthcare system - Projections.
Three new indicators have been added:
S-18: Projection of the number of contacts with GPs (Demand)
S-19: Projection of the number of GPs active in the healthcare sector (Supply)
S-20: Projection of public expenditure on health (% GDP)
A new conceptual framework has been developed to assess the performance of the Belgian health system.
More details on this new framework, visit the KCE website.
Results on health system performance assessment of care for people living with chronic conditions have been recently published on:
https://www.healthybelgium.be/en/health-system-performance-assessment/specific-domains/chronic-care2
The analysis was based on the evaluation of 27 indicators, among them 8 are new.
Two new indicators on equity have been published:
An add-on on Equity has been published on December 2020. The full report is available on the KCE website: Health System Performance Assessment - How equitable is the Belgian health system?
The following 6 indicators were updated:
- A-4 Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination due to financial reasons in Belgium (% of individuals included in the survey);
- A-9 Waiting time of more than two weeks for a visit with a specialist;
- QP-1 Physician spending enough time with patients during the consultation (% of respondents);
- QP-2 Physician providing easy-to-understand explanation (% of respondents);
- QP-3 Physician giving opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns (% of respondents) ;
- QP-4 Physician involving patients in decisions about care and/or treatments (% of respondents).
A new indicator on "Geographical accessibility of maternity services (A-16)" is published; the indicator "Patient-to-nurse ratio (A-8)" is also updated.