Medical Referrals: Facts & Figures

Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN) facilitates approximately 7,000 medical referrals annually. These concern treatments that cannot be provided on the patient’s island of residence. The guiding principle is always: care as close to home as possible, and further away only when necessary. Currently, ZJCN maintains agreements with healthcare providers in Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Colombia, and the Netherlands.

Medical Referrals: Facts & Figures

Medical Referrals Dutch Caribbean July 2025
Source: Cloudias 5 (Medical Administration System ZJCN)
	Bonaire	Statia	Saba	Total
Insured persons as at first of the month	25.004	3.105	1.897	30.026
Patients traveled to specialist off-island	304	371	205	881
Number of medical referrals (flight departures)	158	171	205	534

Patient referral per destination
	To Sint Maarten	To Aruba	To Bonaire	To Curaçao	To Colombia	European Netherlands	Total
From Bonaire	0	52		74	19	6	151
From Statia	113	7	<5	<5	<5	<5	126
From Saba	125	5	<5	6	<5	0	139
Total	238	61	4	81	25	7	416

Medical Referrals Dutch Caribbean August 2025
Source: Cloudias 5 (Medical Administration System ZJCN)

	Bonaire	Statia	Saba	Total
Insured persons as at first of the month	25.279	3.140	1.917	30.336
Patients traveled to specialist off-island	177	179	137	493
Number of medical referrals (flight departures)	188	227	201	616

Patient referral per destination
	To Sint Maarten	To Aruba	To Bonaire	To Curaçao	To Colombia	European Netherlands	Total
From Bonaire	0	83		65	22	7	177
From Statia	160	7	<5	<5	6	0	179
From Saba	125	7	<5	<5	<5	0	137
Total	285	79	7	68	29	7	493

Medical Referrals: Facts & Figures

Medical Referrals: Facts & Figures

July 2025

August 2025