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  1. The Israeli National Health Insurance Law provides permanent residents with a basket of healthcare services through non-profit public health insurance plans, independently of the individual’s ability to pay. S...

    Authors: Royi Barnea, Adi Niv-Yagoda and Yossi Weiss
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:23
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  2. High and increasing drug prices have prompted the establishment of a broad range of cost-containment treatment policies in health systems globally. In 2012, the supplemental insurance program of a large Israel...

    Authors: Amir Rosenblatt, Igal Hekselman, Irit Rosenblatt, Idan Hekselman and Dan Gaton
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:4
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  3. Passage of the National Health Insurance Law (NHIL) in 1995 marked a turning point in the history of the Israeli healthcare system, ensuring sustainable, high-quality medical care to all eligible Israeli resid...

    Authors: Yoel Angel, Adi Niv-Yagoda and Ronni Gamzu
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:1
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

  4. The scientific literature, including several papers published in the IJHPR, has raised the issue of the spiraling cost of cancer treatment, including that of cancer drugs and other technologies such as gene an...

    Authors: Shuli Brammli Greenberg, Einat Dotan and Rachel Arazi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:69
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  6. The outbreak of a new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses dramatic challenges to public health authorities worldwide. One measure put in place to contain the spread of the disease is self-quarantine of indivi...

    Authors: Moran Bodas and Kobi Peleg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:54
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  7. The Israeli public health system has seen a steady decline in public trust and confidence, which has resulted in an increased rate of individuals holding private and commercial health insurance policies that a...

    Authors: Adi Niv-Yagoda
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:38
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  8. Different forms of public/private mix have become a central mode of the privatization of healthcare, in both financing and provision. The present article compares the processes of these public/private amalgams...

    Authors: Dani Filc, Alon Rasooly and Nadav Davidovitch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:31
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  9. Uncertainty about intended and possible unintended side effects makes it important to evaluate changes following health policy decisions. A recent IJHPR article by Greenberg et al. evaluated changes in emergen...

    Authors: Ulrike Nimptsch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:19
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:69

  10. In 2015, mental health services were added to the Israeli National Health Insurance package of services. As such, these services are financed by the budget which is allocated to the Health Plans according to a...

    Authors: Yoav Kohn and Amir Shmueli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:16
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  11. The phenomenon of a patient missing a medical appointment without notification is called a “no-show”. In contrast, “non-utilized appointments” are a broader phenomenon including all appointments that didn’t oc...

    Authors: Lior Cohen-Yatziv, Matan Joel Cohen, Jonathan Halevy and Ehud Kaliner
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:64
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  12. The Israel Ministry of Health enacted regulations that aim to reduce private expenditure on healthcare services and mitigate social inequality. According to the modified rules, which went into effect in the se...

    Authors: Dana Barequet, Aviad Tur-Sinai and Irit Barequet
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:13
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  13. The study documents a direct relationship between individuals’ health and patterns of healthcare expenditure by isolating single-person households and creating a new reference group in which household healthca...

    Authors: Aviad Tur-Sinai, Racheli Magnezi and Haya Grinvald-Fogel
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:48
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:87

  14. Hip fractures increase the risks of mortality and major morbidity in the elderly. Hip fractures are associated with chronic pain, reduced mobility, disability and increasing dependence. We evaluated the direct...

    Authors: Royi Barnea, Yossi Weiss, Ifat Abadi-Korek and Joshua Shemer
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:38
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  15. Nissanholtz-Gannot and Yenkellevich (NGY) explore the impact of a 2010 amendment to the Israeli National Health Insurance Law that requires annual reporting of payments from pharmaceutical companies (PCs) to d...

    Authors: Ronen Avraham and Charles Silver
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:25
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:45

  16. The frequency of visiting primary care providers and the duration of those visits varies substantially by patient demographics and across different developed countries. The significance of a cumulative measure...

    Authors: Andrew D. Racine
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:54
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:35

  17. As coverage is expanded in health systems that rely on consumers to choose health insurance plans that best meet their needs, interest in whether consumers possess sufficient understanding of health insurance ...

    Authors: Andrew J. Barnes and Yaniv Hanoch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:40
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:12

  18. Prioritization of medical technologies requires a multi-dimensional view. Often, conflicting equity and efficiency criteria should be reconciled. The most dramatic manifestation of such conflict is in the prio...

    Authors: Amir Shmueli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:20
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  19. There is a traditional tension in public policy between the maximization of welfare from given resources (efficiency) and considerations related to the distribution of welfare among the population and to socia...

    Authors: Amir Shmueli, Ofra Golan, Francesco Paolucci and Emmanouil Mentzakis
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:18
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  20. Medical practice variation refers to differences in health service utilization among regions in the same country. It is used as a tool for studying health inequities.

    Authors: Joseph Mendlovic, Ethel-Sherry Gordon, Ziona Haklai, Jill Meron and Arnon Afek
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:4
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  21. Consumption of sugar causes tooth decay, overweight and obesity related morbidities. This paper in response to the Minister of Health’s request, provides estimates of the mortality, morbidity and health care c...

    Authors: Gary M. Ginsberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:1
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:32

  22. In an article recently published in the IJHPR, Ginsberg and colleagues from Israel’s Public Health Services estimate the disease burden from airborne particulate matter in Israel. Using national data on the co...

    Authors: Jonathan M. Samet
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:63
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:51

  23. Worldwide, ambient air pollution accounts for around 3.7 million deaths annually. Measuring the burden of disease is important not just for advocacy but also is a first step towards carrying out a full cost-ut...

    Authors: Gary M. Ginsberg, Ehud Kaliner and Itamar Grotto
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:51
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:63

  24. Cancer drug expenditures have been increasing significantly in countries around the world. A recent paper in the IJHPR provides new knowledge and insights into this global phenomenon by analyzing how it is pla...

    Authors: Daniel A. Goldstein, Salomon M. Stemmer and Noa Gordon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:40
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  25. Modern drug therapy accounts for a major share of health expenditure and challenges public provider resources. The objective of our study was to compare drug expenditure trends for ten major drug classes over ...

    Authors: Yossef Lomnicky, Daniel Kurnik, Ronen Loebstein, Itzhak Katzir, Janet Vesterman-Landes and Nava Siegelmann-Danieli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:37
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  27. In a recent article in this journal Simon-Tuval, Horev and Kaplan argue that in order to improve the protection of consumers there might be a need to impose a threshold on the medical loss ratio (MLR) for volu...

    Authors: Wynand P.M.M. van de Ven
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:3
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:21

  28. Private health expenditure in systems of national health insurance has raised concern in many countries. The concern is mainly about the accessibility of care to the poor and the sick, and inequality in use an...

    Authors: Esti Engelchin-Nissan and Amir Shmueli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:45
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  29. Concern is growing over serious shortages in the nursing workforce and imbalance between supply and demand. Projections indicate that the demand for the nursing workforce will increase due to the aging populat...

    Authors: Nurit Nirel, Orli Grinstien-Cohen, Yonatan Eyal, Hadar Samuel and Assaf Ben-Shoham
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:46
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  31. The growth of the private health insurance sector in Western countries, which is characterized by information deficiencies and limited competition, necessitates the implementation of effective regulatory tools...

    Authors: Tzahit Simon-Tuval, Tuvia Horev and Giora Kaplan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:21
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:3

  32. A collaboration of medical professionals with economists and computer scientists involved in “market design” had led to the redesign of the clearinghouse assigning medical students to internships in Israel. Th...

    Authors: Alvin E Roth and Ran I Shorrer
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:11
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  33. Physicians in Israel are required to do an internship in an accredited hospital upon completion of the medical studies, and prior to receiving the medical license. For most students, the assignment is determin...

    Authors: Slava Bronfman, Avinatan Hassidim, Arnon Afek, Assaf Romm, Rony Shreberk, Ayal Hassidim and Anda Massler
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:6
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  35. The ageing of the population across developed countries and beyond has increased the importance of examining multi-morbidity. The recent paper by Arbelle et al. [Isr J of Health Policy Res. 2014;3:29] on multi...

    Authors: Raphael Wittenberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:1
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  36. Waiting times for elective care are a major health policy issue in many developed countries. Recent empirical studies suggest that inequalities in waiting times by socioeconomic status are present within publi...

    Authors: Luigi Siciliani
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:38
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  38. Waiting time to receive medical care is a disturbing phenomenon in many healthcare systems. Furthermore, waiting times are usually distributed in the population in an inequitable way.

    Authors: Amir Shmueli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:30
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  39. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death, incurring huge resource costs in terms of treating morbidity and lost productivity. This paper estimates smoking attributable mortality (SAM) as healt...

    Authors: Gary M Ginsberg and Haim Geva
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:28
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:5

  41. Israel has a low density of professional nurses. New evidence suggests less than optimal hospital work environments may undermine efficient and effective delivery of nursing care and contribute to job dissatis...

    Authors: Linda H Aiken and Matthew D McHugh
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:10
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  45. This paper examines whether individuals facing the threat of poverty are curtailing their consumption of various goods and services in a given order and, if among the expenditures that are cut back, there are ...

    Authors: Joseph Deutsch, Adi Lazar and Jacques Silber
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:49
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  46. Previous studies suggest that cancer-related interventions are valued by policy makers more favorably than interventions for other medical conditions, but the views of practicing physicians have not yet been a...

    Authors: Dan Greenberg, Ariel Hammerman, Shlomo Vinker, Adi Shani, Yuval Yermiahu and Peter J Neumann
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:44
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  50. Compared to OECD countries, Israel has a remarkably low percentage of GDP and of government expenditure spent on health, which are not reflected in worse national outcomes. Israel is also characterized by a re...

    Authors: Amir Shmueli and Avi Israeli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:5
    Content type: Original research article Published on: