Citizens' initiatives for care and welfare in the Netherlands: an ecological analysis.
Thijs van der KnaapJan SmelikFloor de JongPeter P GroenewegenPeter P GroenewegenPublished in: BMC public health (2019)
There are by now a considerable number of CI's in the area of care and welfare in the Netherlands. Apparently, citizens take collective initiatives to provide services that are not, or no longer, available to the local community. The initiatives are concentrated in certain parts of the country. However, our theoretical model to explain this geographical pattern is only partially confirmed.