BUNDLE is the academic expertise centre for alternative costing in the healthcare sector. This expertise centre generates and collects knowledge on the three stages of alternative costing: (1) the design and (2) implementation of the costing model, and (3) the evaluation of the impact of alternative costing on care costs and care quality, further developing the costing model on the basis of the results. The knowledge within BUNDLE is both qualitative and quantitative in nature and includes theory-building, statistical evaluations, and research into effective mechanisms and components.
For the purposes of having this knowledge pay off, BUNDLE has grown into a first point of contact for parties in the field and policy-makers wishing to start with what in the field is referred to as ‘proper costing’: costing of care that stimulates and facilitates proper care. These processes are furthered by the academic nature of an expertise centre: its ability to generate independent, evidence-based recommendations inspires confidence and trust in settings with traditionally conflicting interests.
BUNDLE gets this knowledge into the field in a number of different ways and can offer the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) support in four different ways:
