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  1. Even in high-income countries like Israel, children have been particularly vulnerable to the surge in food insecurity driven by quarantines, unemployment, and economic hardships of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under...

    Authors: Janetta Azarieva, Elliot M. Berry and Aron M. Troen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2022 11:13
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  2. Among the challenges presented by the SARS-CoV2 pandemic are those related to balancing societal priorities with averting threats to population health. In this exceptional context a group of Israeli physicians...

    Authors: Ora Paltiel, Hagit Hochner, David Chinitz, A. Mark Clarfield, Alex Gileles-Hillel, Amnon Lahad, Orly Manor, Ran Nir-Paz, Ari Paltiel, Chen Stein-Zamir, Ekaterina Yazhemsky and Ronit Calderon-Margalit
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:48
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  3. Only several empirical studies have examined substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic in general populations. Most of these studies compared self-reported substances use before the pandemic and during the pa...

    Authors: Hagit Bonny-Noach, Keren Cohen-Louck and Inna Levy
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:46
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  4. As of March 31, 2021, Israel had administered 116 doses of vaccine for COVID-19 per 100 population (of any age) – far more than any other OECD country. It was also ahead of other OECD countries in terms of the...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg, Avi Israeli, Michael Hartal and Nadav Davidovitch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:43
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  5. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious viral pandemic that has claimed the lives of millions. Personal protective equipment (PPE) may reduce the risk of transmission for health care workers...

    Authors: Tomer Lamhoot, Noa Ben Shoshan, Hagit Eisenberg, Gilad Fainberg, Mansour Mhiliya, Neta Cohen, Orly Bisker-Kassif, Orly Barak, Carolyn Weiniger and Tali Capua
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:41
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  6. Marked reductions in imaging exams have been documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aimed to examine the effect of the two waves of COVID-19 on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilization at the n...

    Authors: Osnat Luxenburg, Mor Saban, Vicki Myers, Sharona Vaknin, Noga Boldor and Rachel Wilf-Miron
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:40
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  7. During the COVID-19 outbreak, (March 1 - June 15, 2020) citizens expressed sympathy and gratitude towards medical staff through the media, while the entire hospital staff faced the same danger of infection as ...

    Authors: Fuad Basis, Kobi Moskovitz and Shay Tzafrir
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:36
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  8. Telemedicine has become an integral part of health care delivery in recent years. One of the leading applications for this use is WhatsApp — a free smartphone application that allows instant messaging with pi...

    Authors: Edward Barayev, Omri Shental, Dotan Yaari, Elchanan Zloczower, Itai Shemesh, Michael Shapiro, Elon Glassberg and Racheli Magnezi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:34
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    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:67

  9. Israel, the UK, the USA, and some other wealthier countries lead in the implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mass vaccination programmes. Evidence from these countries indicates that their ethnic minorities coul...

    Authors: John A. Reid and Mzwandile A. Mabhala
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:33
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:60

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  10. Neuropsychological assessment provides crucial information about cognitive, behavioral, and socioemotional functioning in medical, educational, legal, and social contexts. During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, th...

    Authors: Ayala Bloch, Sari Maril and Gitit Kavé
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:31
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  11. Increased anxiety was frequently reported during the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic. An association between anxiety and increased body weight has been documented. Identifying associations between diet quality a...

    Authors: Vered Kaufman-Shriqui, Daniela Abigail Navarro, Olga Raz and Mona Boaz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:28
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  12. Vaccines for COVID-19 are currently available for the public in Israel. The compliance with vaccination has differed between sectors in Israel and the uptake has been substantially lower in the Arab compared w...

    Authors: Manfred S. Green, Rania Abdullah, Shiraz Vered and Dorit Nitzan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:26
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    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:33

  13. Early, rapid, nationally orchestrated vaccine rollout has been a feature in the response to the global coronavirus pandemic in Israel and the UK, two countries with long established, universal socialised healt...

    Authors: Fiona Sim
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:18
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  14. Excess all-cause mortality has been used in many countries as an estimate of mortality effects from COVID-19. What was the excess mortality in Israel in 2020 and when, where and for whom was this excess?

    Authors: Ziona Haklai, Miriam Aburbeh, Nehama Goldberger and Ethel-Sherry Gordon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:17
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  15. The rapid rollout of Israel’s vaccination program has led to considerable international interest. In this brief commentary we consider how the criteria for vaccination priority groups differ between Israel and...

    Authors: Jonathan Cylus, Dimitra Panteli and Ewout van Ginneken
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:16
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  16. When attempting to provide lessons for other countries from the successful Israeli COVID-19 vaccine experience, it is important to distinguish between the modifiable and non-modifiable components identified in...

    Authors: Gary L. Freed
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:14
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  17. This commentary compares Israel’s COVID-10 vaccination response to the much slower and less successful vaccination campaign in Canada. Although Canada did start with some structural disadvantages relative to I...

    Authors: Gregory P. Marchildon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:12
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:20

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  18. This commentary on Rosen, Waitzberg, and Israeli’s assessment of Israel’s COVID response points to differences in the coherence of each national government’s strategy as the key factor influencing the effectiv...

    Authors: Sherry Glied
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:9
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  19. As of the end of 2020, the State of Israel, with a population of 9.3 million, had administered more COVID-19 vaccine doses than all countries aside from China, the US, and the UK. Moreover, Israel had administ...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen, Ruth Waitzberg and Avi Israeli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6
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    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:18

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  20. Israel has led the world in rolling out its COVID-19 vaccination program. This experience provides lessons that others can learn from. It is, however, necessary to consider some national specificities, includi...

    Authors: Martin McKee and Selina Rajan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:5
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2021 10:6

  21. The challenges wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic on health systems have tested primary care clinicians, who are on the front lines of care delivery. To ensure the longevity of the primary care workforce, strong...

    Authors: Erin E. Sullivan and Russell S. Phillips
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:77
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  22. In 2019, a conference in Israel showcased new frontiers in technology in healthcare, highlighting research conducted in Israel as well as across the globe. At the time, no one realized how critical—and ubiquit...

    Authors: Shira H. Fischer
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:76
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  23. Communication between health authorities and healthcare providers is an essential element of the response to public health emergencies. Although call centers can facilitate such communication, no published rep...

    Authors: Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Michal Bromberg, Amit Ram, Miri Lutski, Ravit Bassal, Olga Michailevich, Mor Saban, Dvora Frankental, Rita Dichtiar, Anna Kruglikov-Moldavsky, Violetta Rozani, Dolev Karolinsky, Tali Braun, Inbar Zuker, Lital Keinan-Boker and Barbara G. Silverman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:73
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  25. COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has reached pandemic proportions. Although the virus can cause disease in anyone, it is particularly dangerous for those with various “co-morbidities” such...

    Authors: A. Mark Clarfield and Alan Jotkowitz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:64
    Content type: Perspective Published on:

  26. Israel hosts nearly 70,000 migrant careworkers. Migrant careworkers work and live with populations extremely vulnerable to the novel Coronavirus, including the elderly and people with pre-existing physical con...

    Authors: Jordan Hannink Attal, Ido Lurie and Yehuda Neumark
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:61
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  27. Israel ranks very high globally in performing bariatric surgery (BS) per capita. In the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic the bariatric surgeons’ community faced many concerns and challenges, especially in ...

    Authors: Nahum Beglaibter, Orly Zelekha, Lital Keinan-Boker, Nasser Sakran and Ahmad Mahajna
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:59
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  28. The Hadassah Medical Organization operates two hospitals in Jerusalem. During the COVID-19 pandemic it made an administrative decision to operate one hospital as a COVID-19 treatment hospital (CTH) and to have...

    Authors: Yael Milgrom, Yuval Tal and Aharon S. Finestone
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:55
    Content type: Short communication Published on:

  29. 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
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  30. Facing the global health crisis of COVID-19, health systems are increasingly supporting the use of telemedicine in ambulatory care settings. It is not clear whether the increased use of telemedicine will persi...

    Authors: Zachi Grossman, Gabriel Chodick, Stephen M. Reingold, Gil Chapnick and Shai Ashkenazi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:53
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