Research of the medical care for the older people

An important question, with a view toward the increasing proportion of elderly citizens in the Dutch population, is how the quality of the medical care for the elderly can best be guaranteed. In 2004, with this question as the point of departure, the Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport asked the Advisory Council on Health Research (RGO) to indicate how research might help to answer this question. The Council was asked to include, in its ecommendation, a clear indication as to how the existing scientific potential and insights could be used and applied more effectively in geriatric medical care.