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Received: 10 March 2026

Accepted: 10 May 2026

First Online: 22 May 2026

Declarations

Conflict of Interest: Dr. Reckers-Droog reports no conflict of interest. Dr. Redeker reports being employed by the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN). Dr. Busschbach reports being member of the Insured Package Advisory Committee (Adviescommissie Pakket, ACP). Dr. Vijgen reports being employed by the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN). Ms. Link reports being employed by the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN). Dr. Timmers reports being employed by the National Health Care Institute (Zorginstituut Nederland, ZIN). No other conflicts of interest are reported.

Ethical Approval: Ethical approval was not required for this study according to the Medical Research Involving Human Subjects Act in the Netherlands.

AI Use and Disclosure Statement: ChatGPT (GPT-5) by OpenAI was used in a limited capacity to support this work, specifically for language refinement and grammar checking. All content, analyses, interpretations, and conclusions were conceived, written, and verified by the authors.

Author Contributions: Conceptualization: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker, Jan Busschbach, Sylvia Vijgen, Angèl Link, Lonneke Timmers; methodology: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker; Software: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker; validation: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker; Formal analysis: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker; investigation: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker; Resources: Steef Redeker, Angèl Link; writing – original draft preparation: Vivian Reckers-Droog; writing – review and editing: Vivian Reckers-Droog, Steef Redeker, Jan Busschbach, Sylvia Vijgen, Angèl Link, Lonneke Timmers; Visualization: Vivian Reckers-Droog; Steef Redeker; supervision: Jan Busschbach, Lonneke Timmers; project administration: Vivian Reckers-Droog; Steef Redeker.