Résumé :
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Belgium currently enjoys qualitatively good health care with an internationally comparable level of expenditure. Patients have freedom of choice of sickness fund, health care provider and health care institution. Waiting lists, which occur in some European countries, are rare in Belgian hospitals. Statutory health insurance offers general cover of health risks and guarantees wide access to care. Complementary voluntary health insurance and private insurance have only a limited role. These features explain, to a significant degree, the population's satisfaction with the organization of health care in Belgium. The challenge for the future Belgian health system will not only be how to raise funding for growing health care expenditure, but also how to improve efficiency and performance of the health system. There is a tendency to oversupply services, since fee-for-service is an important feature for paying health care providers in Belgium.
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