Publicaties

Moral hazard in public insurance for long-term care may be counteracted by strategies influencing supply or demand. Demand-side strategies may target the patient or the insurer. Various demand-side strategies and how they are implemented in four European countries (Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands) are described, highlighting the pros and cons of each strategy. Patient-oriented strategies to counteract moral hazard are used in ...

Demand-side policies to encourage the use of generic medicines are important to increase their use. A plethora of different demand-side policies has already been initiated by European governments, thereby targeting physicians, pharmacists and patients. This review aims to give an overview of the different demand-side policies which governments have at their disposal and to evaluate their impact on the use of generic medicines. Positive knowledge ...

Routine vaccination annually prevents millions of deaths worldwide but is underutilized in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The complexity of socio-cultural factors impacting vaccine uptake is not well understood. Hence, this paper aims to review the socio-cultural determinants of vaccine uptake and visualize their interrelationships. We conducted a literature search using Pubmed and Embase databases, including articles published from 2000 to 2019 ...

Introduction: The appreciable growth in pharmaceutical expenditure has resulted in multiple initiatives across Europe to lower generic prices and enhance their utilization. However, considerable variation in their use and prices. Objective: Assess the influence of multiple supply and demand-side initiatives across Europe for established medicines to enhance prescribing efficiency before a decision to prescribe a particular medicine. Subsequently ...

In order to avoid grid instability and decreasing production efficiencies of large power plants due to a widespread integration of renewable electricity production, demand-side management (DSM) is proposed as a solution to overcome the possible mismatch between demand and supply. This research evaluates the potential to improve the balance between the electricity use for heating and local electricity production of a nearly zero energy building ...

Multiple factors are causing an increasing need for flexibility in the power system. Lately, industrial demand-side flexibility has attracted attention as a potential solution to this problem. However, the complexities of industrial systems cause resistance to the exploitation of their potential. Modeling and identifying the factors that increase the flexibility of such systems could foster techniques for optimal utilization. Therefore, in this ...

© 2018 IEEE. Demand-Side Management (DSM) programs in literature and industry alike often enforce constraints on the activation of flexible power provided by customers. While constraining consumption flexibility used in DSM can lower the entry barrier for flexibility providers, the specific constraints used can also have an impact on the efficacy of employing such flexibility. While different problems requiring their own form of consumption ...

High tech software solutions will form a fundamental part of the future electricity grid. Software enables real time efficient communication and control of various devices for producing and consuming electrical energy and will be instrumental in analyzing the complex scenarios that arise when multiple parties with varying goals interact to create a safe and stable delivery system for electricity. With the increasing adoption of renewable energy ...

Considering that coupling electrically-driven heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems with thermal energy storage (TES) in buildings is seen as a promising tool for demand-side management (DSM) in the low-voltage grid, we propose to study high and low temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) for DSM applications and to improve the overall energy efficiency of an open-loop geothermal system connected ...

Maintaining a balance between power consumption and production is paramount for the safe and efficient usage of our power infrastructure. With the increased adoption of less predictable producers such as windmills and photovoltaics, maintaining this balance has become even more challenging. Demand-side aggregators are relatively new actors in smart power systems, offering balancing services. Aggregators maintain a portfolio of flexible consumers ...