According to van de Ven and colleagues, ten specific preconditions must be met for achieving efficiency and affordability in competitive healthcare markets. These are the ten preconditions:

1. Free consumer choice of insurer
2. Consumer information and market transparency
3. Risk-bearing buyers and sellers
4. Contestable markets
5. Freedom to contract and integrate
6. Effective competition regulation
7. Cross-subsidies without incentives for risk selection
8. Cross-subsidies without opportunities for free riding
9. Effective quality supervision
10. Guaranteed access to basic care. Question: Choose a country and describe the presence of these preconditions.