Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek

What Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek does

Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek is a Dutch non-profit foundation (Stichting) operating as an independent pediatric outpatient clinic (Zelfstandig Behandel Centrum) in Rotterdam, serving children aged 0-18 with non-acute medical conditions. The clinic provides a coordinated portfolio of specialized treatment programs including excessive crying and infant regulatory problems, feeding/eating disorders and ARFID (covering 0-12 years), sleep problems (0-10 years), functional/chronic abdominal pain, constipation, eczema, and clinical hunger provocation therapy for tube-fed children. All services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team — comprising pediatricians, a nursing specialist, pedagogues, a family nurse, pre-speech therapists, pediatric dietitians, pediatric physiotherapists, and administrative staff — operating from a single child-friendly facility called Het Droomhuis in Rotterdam-Prinsenland, which is co-located with the CityKids discovery center.

The underlying clinical approach combines Family Integrated Care principles with Infant Mental Health methodology, assessing each child across four well-being domains (medical, development, social, and safety) under a single integrated treatment plan coordinated by a designated lead clinician per family. The business model is that of a non-contracted care provider (niet gecontracteerde zorg): patients must obtain a referral from a youth doctor, GP, or hospital pediatrician, and the clinic bills parents at NZA-regulated hospital tariff rates, who then seek reimbursement from their health insurer. Distribution is entirely referral-based, with established relationships with regional hospitals (IJsselland, Franciscus) and the CJG network in the Rijnmond region. The organization has historically funded fit-out and child-friendly furnishings through donations from Stichting Vrienden van CityKids and Stichting Kruimeltje.

In 2026, the Board and Supervisory Board announced the definitive permanent closure of the clinic effective 1 September 2026, with new patient intake ceased from 8 April 2026. The board cited insufficient financial basis for minimally necessary and responsible exploitation under the current Dutch healthcare system as the reason, despite achieving HKZ quality certification in November 2025. Existing patients are being transferred to regional care partners, and the organization will remain reachable for administrative queries until 1 December 2026.

Name

Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek

Legal name

Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek

Website

https://kinderzorgkliniek.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Stichting De Kinderzorg Kliniek is a Dutch non-profit pediatric outpatient clinic in Rotterdam providing multidisciplinary non-acute care for children 0-18, specializing in ARFID/eating disorders, excessive crying, sleep problems, and chronic conditions. The organization is permanently closing on 1 September 2026 due to financial non-viability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Outpatient Healthcare Services

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Practices (HLAFAJAF)

Keywords

• Pediatric outpatient care
• Multidisciplinary pediatric clinic
• Childhood feeding disorders
• ARFID treatment programs
• Infant mental health services

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Revenue: Healthcare services provided to children aged 0-18 years, billed to health insurers. Clinic operates as non-contracted care provider (niet gecontracteerde zorg), meaning parents receive invoices and submit them to their insurer for reimbursement.
2. Dietetics and Pre-logopedics Services: Dietetic care and pre-speech therapy services are declared separately to the patient's own health insurer. Entitlement of 3 hours diet advisory per calendar year, with additional hours potentially covered by supplementary insurance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

De Kinderzorg Kliniek operates a non-acute pediatric outpatient clinic for children aged 0-18 years, delivering coordinated multidisciplinary care from a child-friendly facility called Het Droomhuis in Rotterdam-Prinsenland. Specialized treatment programs cover excessive crying in infants, feeding and eating problems including ARFID (0-12 years), sleep problems (0-10 years), functional/chronic abdominal pain, constipation, eczema, and tube feeding reduction. Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of pediatricians, nursing specialists, pedagogues, psychologists, family nurses, pre-speech therapists, pediatric dietitians, and pediatric physiotherapists working from a single integrated treatment plan per family under a Family Integrated Care approach grounded in Infant Mental Health principles.

Product overview

De Kinderzorg Kliniek operates as a single outpatient pediatric clinic offering non-acute pediatric healthcare for children aged 0-18 years from Het Droomhuis, a child-friendly facility in Rotterdam. The organization provides a coordinated portfolio of specialized treatment programs including: excessive crying/infant regulatory problems, feeding/eating disorders and ARFID (0-12 years), sleep problems (0-10 years), functional/chronic abdominal pain, constipation, eczema, tube feeding reduction, and hunger provocation therapy. All services are delivered by a multidisciplinary team (pediatricians, nursing specialists, pedagogues, psychologists, family nurses, pre-speech therapists, pediatric dietitians, and pediatric physiotherapists) working from a single integrated treatment plan per family. The organization holds HKZ quality certification and is scheduled to close permanently on September 1, 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• HKZ certification achieved November 2025 - demonstrates documented quality processes and protocols
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IJsselland Ziekenhuis (Maatschap Kindergeneeskunde)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormal partnership with the pediatric practice of IJsselland Hospital. Includes collaboration on crying babies program with KinderThuiszorg to prevent or limit hospitalization. Many referrals flow between the organizations. Children can be referred back to hospital care when needed.
• Voeding & Zo Rotterdam (Ingrid Mimpen)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with dietitian practice providing pediatric dietetics services. Ingrid Mimpen runs consultation hours at the pediatric outpatient clinic of IJsselland Hospital and receives referrals from Rotterdam hospitals and youth health services.
• Ingrid Arp LogopediecoreTechnology or IntegrationFormal partnership with speech therapy practice. Ingrid Arp provides pre-speech therapy services including examination of feeding/drinking problems, oral motor skills, and suction-swallowing-breathing coordination.
• Diëtistenpraktijk Katinka de NenniecoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with dietetics practice providing pediatric dietetics services for children with eating problems, growth disorders, tube feeding management, food allergies, and critical eating behavior related to developmental conditions.
• Fysiotherapie Rotterdam CentrumcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership with physiotherapy practice providing pediatric physiotherapy services including motor development delay treatment, pediatric pelvic floor physiotherapy, and sensory information processing issues.
• Stichting Vrienden van CityKidscoreOthersFoundation that provided donations enabling the child-friendly and homelike furnishing of Het Droomhuis and De Kinderzorg Kliniek.
• Stichting KruimeltjecoreOthersFoundation that provided donations enabling the child-friendly and homelike furnishing of Het Droomhuis and De Kinderzorg Kliniek.
• CityKids (Jeugdzorg Instelling)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-located in Het Droomhuis. Children's discovery center for children 5-15 with (multiple) disabilities and nursing center with early intervention groups for children 0-6 years with intensive nursing care needs. Shared vision on providing the right care in the right place.
• Kenniscentrum Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie (K-EET)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge center improving care for children and adolescents with eating disorders. Referral and information sharing for ARFID cases.
• Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland ZiekenhuiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional hospital partnership. Children referred from and to this hospital. Former team members (including Patricia Valkenburg-Donicie) have experience from this hospital.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• KinderThuiszorg: Dutch pediatric home nursing organization operating across the Netherlands, including Rotterdam. Directly comparable in pediatric patient population (medically fragile children) and partnership relationship with the clinic (collaboration on crying-baby program to prevent hospitalization).
• CityKids: Co-located in Het Droomhuis, providing a children's discovery center for ages 5–15 with disabilities and a nursing center with early intervention groups for 0–6 with intensive nursing needs. Closest operational peer given shared facility, shared vision, and overlapping medically complex pediatric population.

Broad incumbents

• Prinses Máxima Centrum: Dutch national pediatric oncology center and an example of a high-acuity Dutch pediatric specialty organization. Comparable in operating as a focused, multidisciplinary pediatric specialty center, though in a different clinical sub-vertical.
• Franciscus Gasthuis & Vlietland: Regional hospital in Rijnmond with a pediatric department that refers into and receives referrals from De Kinderzorg Kliniek. Direct comparison as the regional acute pediatric provider that the outpatient clinic complemented and which will absorb patient transfers post-closure.
• DC Klinieken: Dutch chain of independent outpatient specialty clinics offering contract-negotiated specialist care outside the hospital setting. Comparable as an outpatient specialty clinic operator in the Netherlands, though operating across multiple adult-focused specialties rather than pediatrics.
• Bergman Clinics: Largest Dutch chain of private specialty clinics, focused on planned, non-acute specialty care outside the hospital. Operates on a contracted/insured basis and demonstrates the scale model the Kinderzorg Kliniek could not achieve under non-contracted operations.
• Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis (UMC Utrecht): Leading Dutch academic children's hospital and training ground for several of the clinic's pediatricians (including PhD research). Represents the tertiary pediatric reference point whose protocols and clinical pathways the clinic adapted for outpatient delivery.
• Erasmus MC-Sophia Kinderziekenhuis: Major academic pediatric hospital in Rotterdam and the regional tertiary pediatric referral center. Sets the clinical standard against which specialist outpatient clinics compete for non-acute complex cases (ARFID, feeding disorders, infant mental health).
• IJsselland Ziekenhuis: Regional hospital in Rijnmond with formal partnership with the clinic on the crying-baby program and bidirectional referrals. Comparable as a regional pediatric referral hub that the clinic supported and will now need to absorb incremental demand.

Others

• Kenniscentrum Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie (K-EET): Dutch knowledge center for child and youth psychiatry with which the clinic maintained referral and information-sharing relationships on ARFID cases. Comparable as an adjacent ecosystem participant supporting specialized pediatric eating-disorder care.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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