Xander Koolman INT
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Xander Koolman INT
@xanderkoolmanint.bsky.social
prof health econ @ VU Amsterdam
Mostly health care (incl mental) & drug pricing
https://vu.nl/en/about-vu/more-about/section-health-economics
Chart☝️%children who feel responsible for care parents
What's the trouble with free-riding? That the people who reap the benefits of science can often do so without contributing a fair share. Consequently, no nation has an incentive to contribute fairly, and we end up under-investiging.
February 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Court ruled against 'abuse' of market power used to increase drug prices in the Netherlands: explanation.

www.drugdevletter.com/p/excessive-...
Excessive Drug Price Leads to Hefty Fine for Company in the Netherlands
Why was a company fined €17 million for excessive pricing?
www.drugdevletter.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Alles in de AV is vogelvrij omdat solidariteit voor die zorg niet gegarandeerd is.
November 20, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Thanks Peter, but the link is dead.
January 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Thanks. Website looks great, but the evidence is that it helps some but not all. You may have been lucky. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16399193/
January 13, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Now you've got me interested. Could you be more specific? What was the device referred to? Do you have a make and type? Thanks a million.
January 12, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Yes, although in my country for certain groups the average age of the mother for her firstborn is 35. So her father could be well into his 70's when she decides about a second or third child.

And it could be a future proof decision, or need not be a parent. It could be a sibling...
December 12, 2023 at 7:17 PM
So I want to study the effect of having a child once people are caregivers, not the opposite like:

"We found that access to informal care arrangements increases the probability of entering parenthood"

scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=e...
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December 12, 2023 at 7:13 PM