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  1. In 2017, we published an article addressing drug shortages (DS) in Israel, exploring regulatory perspectives, challenges, and potential solutions. Since then, DS remain a significant concern for patients, heal...

    Authors: Eyal Schwartzberg, Eli Marom, Alla Vishkautzan, Einat Gorelik and Segev Shani
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:14
  2. Despite the increase in disclosures of medical errors, transparency remains a challenge. Recognized barriers include shame, fear of litigation, disciplinary actions, and loss of patient trust. In 2018, the Isr...

    Authors: Adi Finkelstein, Mayer Brezis, Amiad Taub and Dana Arad
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:13
  3. The use of opioids has increased dramatically over the past several years in Israel. The aim of this study was to explore the trends of opioid consumption in Israel over a decade (2010–2020) stratified by soci...

    Authors: Limor Adler, Bar Cohen, Shirley Shapiro Ben Daviv, Ori Liran, Daniella Rahamim-Cohen, Afif Nakhleh, Arnon Shahar and Joseph Azuri
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:12
  4. According to Israel's National Health Insurance Law (1994), the Ministry of Health is responsible for the provision of health services in the country including physiotherapy services; moreover, the Special Edu...

    Authors: Nilly Waiserberg, Tuvia Horev and Paula Feder-Bubis
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:10
  5. mRNA technology is currently being investigated for a range of oncology indications. We assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) of the general population in Israel for a hypothetical novel mRNA-based treatment f...

    Authors: Omer Ben-Aharon, Ruslan Sergienko, Georgi Iskrov and Dan Greenberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:9
  6. A model of hospital-at-home services called the Home Care Unit (“the unit”) has been implemented in the southern region of the Clalit Healthcare Services in Israel. The aim of the present study was to characte...

    Authors: Boris Punchik, Ilona Kolushev-Ivshin, Ella Kagan, Ella Lerner, Natalia Velikiy, Suzann Marciano, Tamar Freud, Rachel Golan, Ella Cohn-Schwartz and Yan Press
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:8
  7. For the past two decades, the assessment of the quality of diabetes care has mostly relied on clinical quality indicators. These have not included Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) which provide inform...

    Authors: Nura Abdel-Rahman, Orly Manor, Einat Elran, David Siscovick and Ronit Calderon-Margalit
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:6
  8. In addition to pressures typical of other medical professions, family physicians face additional challenges such as building long-term relationships with patients, dealing with patients' social problems, and w...

    Authors: Yulia Treister-Goltzman, Tali Samson, Reena Rosenberg, Martine Granek-Catarivas, Anat Gaver, Mordechai Alperin and Aya Biderman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:5
  9. While there has been increasing global recognition and impetus for action to transform food systems towards greater food security, sustainability and better health outcomes, Israel has only recently begun to f...

    Authors: Emily Soh, Elliot M. Berry and Eran Feitelson
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:4
  10. End-of-life (EoL) care practices (EoLCP) are procedures carried out at the EoL and bear directly on this stage in the patient’s life. Public support of these practices in Israel is far from uniform. Previous s...

    Authors: Arnona Ziv, Adir Shaulov, Carmit Rubin, Bernice Oberman, Yoel Tawil, Giora Kaplan, Baruch Velan and Moran Bodas
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:3
  11. Current evidence on chronic conditions favors promotion of health behaviors as a mean to positively impact health outcomes. In Parkinson’s disease, performing health behaviors is indicated as a means to fight ...

    Authors: Michal Duvdevani, Galit Yogev-Seligmann, Ilana Schlesinger, Maria Nassar, Ilana Erich, Rafi Hadad and Michal Kafri
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:2
  12. Weight-related stigma and discrimination are prevalent in our society with adverse biopsychosocial outcomes to people with obesity and morbid obesity. Studies suggest that weight bias in healthcare settings ar...

    Authors: Yara Zahra-Zeitoun, Roni Elran-Barak, Rawan Salameh-Dakwar, Dvir Froylich, Gideon Sroka, Ahmed Assalia and Yael Latzer
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2024 13:1
  13. The early years of children’s lives are critical for their healthy development. Although children’s growth and development rates may vary, a significant delay during early childhood could indicate a medical or...

    Authors: Irena Girshovitz, Guy Amit, Inbal Goldshtein, Deena R. Zimmerman, Ravit Baruch, Pinchas Akiva, Meytal Avgil Tsadok and Yair Sadaka
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:38
  14. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in children can cause delayed lung development and lifelong cardiovascular damage. The aim of this study was to measure ETS exposure in children in Israel in 2020–202...

    Authors: Tamar Berman, Efrat Rorman, Luda Groisman, Lital Keinan-Boker, Tal Shimony and Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:37
  15. The use of research tools developed and validated in one cultural and linguistic context to another often faces challenges. One major challenge is poor performance of the tool in the new context. This potentia...

    Authors: Ligat Shalev, Christian D. Helfrich, Moriah Ellen, Keren Avirame, Renana Eitan and Adam J. Rose
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:36
  16. In Israel there are only 6.53 nurses per 1000 citizens, compared to 8.8 nurses per 1000 citizens in the OECD countries. The nursing shortage is even more severe in peripheral areas, especially in southern Isra...

    Authors: Bella Savitsky, Rachel Shvartsur, Yifat Findling, Anat Ereli and Tova Hendel
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:35
  17. Prescription opioids are widely used for pain control and palliative care but have been associated with a variety of untoward effects, including opioid use disorder, addiction, and increased mortality. Pattern...

    Authors: Reuven L. Dressler, Ehud Kaliner and Matan J. Cohen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:34
  18. Health warning labels (HWLs) represent an evidence-based tobacco control strategy; however, their application to heated tobacco products (HTPs) and related impacts are understudied. This study examined the imp...

    Authors: Zongshuan Duan, Hagai Levine, Yael Bar-Zeev, Yuxian Cui, Cassidy R. LoParco, Yan Wang, Lorien C. Abroms, Amal Khayat and Carla J. Berg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:33
  19. In Israel, internal medicine admissions are currently reimbursed without accounting for patient complexity. This is at odds with most other developed countries and has the potential to lead to market distortio...

    Authors: David E. Katz, Gideon Leibner, Yaakov Esayag, Nechama Kaufman, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg and Adam J. Rose
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:32
  20. In 2010, Israel reformed its hitherto dominantly privately financed dental services and included preventative and restorative dental care for children in the publicly-funded basket of healthcare services. A su...

    Authors: Mohammad Khatib, Yael Ashkenazi, Yoav Loeff, Shlomo Paul Zusman and Lena Natapov
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:31
  21. The ‘second victim’ phenomenon (SVP) refers to practitioners who experience a negative physical or emotional response, as well as a professional decline, after participating or witnessing an adverse event. Des...

    Authors: Rinat Cohen, Yael Sela and Rachel Nissanholtz-Gannot
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:30
  22. There is no consensus for the role definition for Patient Safety Officers (PSOs) in healthcare during pandemics or other crises as opposed to their routine activities. This study aimed to examine the contribut...

    Authors: Ilya Kagan, Dana Arad, Riki Aharoni, Yossi Tal and Yaron Niv
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:29
  23. In their recent IJHPR article, Wimpfheimer and colleagues outline the implications for the field of anesthesia of two major healthcare policy changes in Israel: The Yatziv Reform in licensing foreign medical g...

    Authors: Yoel Angel and Gil Fire
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:28

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:8

  24. In order to reduce patient no-show, the Israeli government is promoting legislation that will allow Health Plans to require a co-payment from patients when reserving an appointment. It is hoped that this will ...

    Authors: Gideon Leibner, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Joseph Mendlovic and Avi Israeli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:27
  25. A brief commentary on the need for policy change by the Israeli government to address the problem of tobacco smoke incursion in multi-unit housing. The commentary also includes a call for enhanced products, pr...

    Authors: Mitchell Zeller
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:26

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:25

  26. Tobacco smoke incursion (TSI) into private residences is a widespread problem in many countries. We sought to assess the prevalence of self-reported TSI and public attitudes about TSI in Israel, a country with...

    Authors: Noa Theitler, Vaughan W. Rees, Maya Peled-Raz, Michal Bitan and Laura J. Rosen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:25

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:26

  27. Cancer is one of the most expensive medical conditions to treat worldwide, affecting national and local spending, as well as household budgets for patients and their families. In this commentary about a recent...

    Authors: Jingxuan Zhao and K. Robin Yabroff
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:24
  28. Authors: Assaf Ben Shoham, Yechiel Schlesinger, Ian Miskin, Ziva Kalderon, Rachel Michaelson-Cohen and Yonit Wiener-Well
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:23

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:16

  29. Patients admitted to internal medicine may be moved to more advanced-care settings when their condition deteriorates. In these advanced care settings, there may be higher levels of monitoring and greater abili...

    Authors: Gideon Leibner, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, David Katz, Yaakov Esayag, Nechama Kaufman and Adam J. Rose
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:22
  30. Studies conducted in Israel and in other countries show that minority populations typically underuse telehealth services notwithstanding the advantages inherent in the use of these services. The goal of this s...

    Authors: Nadav Penn and Michal Laron
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:21
  31. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the food and nutrition security status of thousands of children in Israel. This commentary argues that policymakers should urgently readjust the Israeli school feeding program ...

    Authors: Dorit Nitzan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:20
  32. Development of antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to human and animal health worldwide. Antimicrobials are frequently used in animal husbandry, making food-producing animals a widespread and importa...

    Authors: Tali Sarah Berman, Zohar Barnett-Itzhaki, Tamar Berman and Eli Marom
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:18
  33. Maternal CMV infection during pregnancy, either primary or non-primary, may be associated with fetal infection and long-term sequelae. While guidelines recommend against it, screening for CMV in pregnant women...

    Authors: Assaf Ben Shoham, Yechiel Schlesinger, Ian Miskin, Ziva Kalderon, Rachel Michaelson-Cohen and Yonit Wiener-Well
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:16

    The Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:23

  34. Policy makers need to maintain public trust in healthcare systems in order to foster citizen engagement in recommended behaviors and treatments. The importance of such commitment has been highlighted by the re...

    Authors: Dan Even and Shifra Shvarts
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:15
  35. The Israel Mental Health Act of 1991 stipulates a process for court-ordered involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. As in many Western countries, this process is initiated when an individual is deemed “not cr...

    Authors: Daniel Argo, Khaled Daibas, Igor Barash and Moshe Z. Abramowitz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:14
  36. The COVID-19 pandemic evolved through five phases, beginning with ‘the great threat’, then moving through ‘the emergence of variants', ‘vaccines euphoria’, and ‘the disillusionment’, and culminating in ‘a dise...

    Authors: Nachman Ash, Noa Triki and Ruth Waitzberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:13
  37. There are ongoing changes around the world in the training and practice of pediatricians who work in the community. These changes are driven by the understanding that pediatricians are required to provide not ...

    Authors: Shulamit Pinchover, Rony Berger-Raanan, Maya Yaari, Mary Rudolf, Lisa Rubin, Dafna Idan-Prusak, Vera Skvirsky, Tirzah Margolin and Hava Gadassi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:12
  38. In the paper published recently in this journal, Kumar et al. explained why the key to improved COVID-19 vaccine uptake is to understand societal reactions leading to vaccine hesitancy. They conclude that comm...

    Authors: Manfred S. Green
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:11
  39. Evidence-informed decision-making is increasingly recognized as a standard for policymaking in many fields, including public health. However, many challenges exist in identifying the appropriate evidence, diss...

    Authors: Alon Rasooly, Eliana Ben-Sheleg, Nadav Davidovitch and Moriah Ellen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:10
  40. In the last twenty years, there was a documented increase in prescription opioid procurement in Israel. However, there is still little evidence of the association between opioid procurement rates, health servi...

    Authors: Barak Shapira, Ronny Berkovitz, Ziona Haklai, Nehama Goldberger, Irena Lipshitz and Paola Rosca
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:9
  41. The Israeli physician workforce faces multiple challenges. These include planned policies reducing physician on-call from 26 to 18 h and, from 2026, allowing only graduates of Ministry of Health approved forei...

    Authors: Ariel Wimpfheimer, Charles Weissman, Shai Fein and Yehuda Ginosar
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:8

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:28

  42. There is a decrease in the supply of physicians in Israel resulting from the declining flow of immigrant physicians from the former Soviet Union, a large proportion of whom have reached retirement age in recen...

    Authors: Yulia Treister-Goltzman and Roni Peleg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:2
  43. Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, governments implemented exceptional public health measures (PHMs) in the face of uncertainty. This study aimed to compare mitigation policies implemen...

    Authors: Amit Ginzburg, Deborah Barasche-Berdah, Orly Manor, Ronit Levine-Schnur, Ora Paltiel and Hagai Levine
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:5
  44. Psychiatric morbidity is frequent in primary care, but a substantial proportion of these psychiatric problems appear to be neither recognized nor adequately treated by GPs. There exists a number of models of i...

    Authors: Neil Laufer, Nelly Zilber, Pablo Jeczmien, Royi Gilad, Shai Gur and Hanan Munitz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:4
  45. As opioid prescription in Israel is increasing, there is a growing need for monitoring opioid use disorder and providing opioid agonist therapy. Our goal is to describe, sub-analyze, and identify obstacles in ...

    Authors: Adi Marom, Iris Levy and Paola Rosca
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2023 12:1