Preventive Child Health Care within the Framework of the Dutch Health Care System

The Netherlands has established a high quality system of child health care based on a unique standardized digital preventive child health program underpinned by legislation. Stringent assessment of the implementation of the new Youth Act is needed to fulfill the United Nations' child rights to health. The impact of national child health care systems on the well-being of children with long-term conditions should be evaluated by using international (World Health Organization) comparable coding to document the benefit of preventive child health care programs and their outcomes.