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  1. The recent IJHPR article by Schwartzberg and colleagues presents new data on the growing problem of prescription drug shortages. Resolving shortages typically involves many participants: government, industry, ...

    Authors: Eric Efraim Katz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:28

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:17

  2. 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
  3. Can the entry of a policy entrepreneur challenge the equilibrium of a policy network and promote changes that might clash with the goals of powerful civil-servants and/or interest groups and, if so, why and ho...

    Authors: Nissim Cohen and Tuvia Horev
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:24

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:37

  4. There is on ongoing debate in the literature regarding the real burden of STIs (sexually transmitted infections) in Western countries and the proper strategies needed to estimate and to prevent them. Our purpo...

    Authors: Daniel Chemtob, Dan Gandacu, Zohar Mor, Itamar Grotto, Emilia Anis and Elliot Rosenberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:23

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:44

  5. This commentary, in response to the paper by Boas et al [IJPHR December 2016], considers some of the wider ethical, cultural and practical factors that may influence the official response of a polio-free natio...

    Authors: Fiona M. Sim
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:21

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:64

  6. Medical professionalism refers to attributes, values, behaviors, responsibilities and commitments of physicians that are congruent with the public’s expectations. An international workshop on medical professio...

    Authors: Ora Paltiel, Lior Lowenstein, Jonathan Demma and Orly Manor
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:19
  7. Pharmaceutical drug shortages (DSs) are a global problem which presents challenges to countries around the world. Shortages of pharmaceutical products may have a direct detrimental impact on public health and ...

    Authors: Eyal Schwartzberg, Denize Ainbinder, Alla Vishkauzan and Ronni Gamzu
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:17

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:28

  8. 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
  9. Patient non-attendance is an expensive and persistent problem worldwide with rates between 5–39% reported in the literature. The objective of the study was to assess whether there is a higher incidence of non-...

    Authors: Motti Ratmansky, Nitzan Hai, Tzion Schlossberg, Aviva Mimouni-Bloch and Avraham Schweiger
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:11
  10. Many types of organisation are difficult to change, mainly due to structural, cultural and contextual barriers. Change in public hospitals is arguably even more problematic than in other types of hospitals, du...

    Authors: J. Braithwaite, J. Westbrook, E. Coiera, W. B. Runciman, R. Day, K. Hillman and J. Herkes
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:16

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:8

  11. In recent years, countries around the world have revised their blood donation policies regarding gay and bisexual men, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). The United States lifted the lifetime ban on MS...

    Authors: Sean Cahill and Timothy Wang
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:15

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:60

  12. The proliferation of new technology platforms and tools is dramatically advancing our ability to capture, integrate and use clinical and other health related data for research and care. Another critical and in...

    Authors: Alison Rein and Lisa A. Simpson
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:14

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:50

  13. Public hospitals are well known to be difficult to reform. This paper provides a comprehensive six-part analytic framework that can help policymakers and managers better shape their organizational and institut...

    Authors: Nigel Edwards and Richard B. Saltman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:8

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:16

  14. In 2008 a group of former soldiers of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) sued the Ministry of Defense and others, claiming they had suffered from medical problems that resulted from an IDF medical experiment in wh...

    Authors: Asa Kasher
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:13

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:53

  15. Knowledge and understanding of what health insurance covers is an important public health issue. In Israel, whereas national health insurance covers all residents, optional supplemental health insurance (SHI) ...

    Authors: Manfred S. Green, Samah Hayek, Jalal Tarabeia, Mohammad Yehia and Neta HaGani
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:12
  16. Despite widespread agreement that nursing homes’ use of antipsychotic medications for residents without specific psychiatric diagnoses is a marker of poor quality of care, prevalence remains high. Additionally...

    Authors: Rosa R. Baier and Vincent Mor
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:5
  17. 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
  18. The perceived health status indicator included in the OECD Health Statistics suffers from severe methodological limitations related to data collection. Furthermore, this indicator is also included in the OECD'...

    Authors: Baruch Levi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:2

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:5

  19. 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

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

  20. The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) will soon be completing its fifth year of publication. In the 5 years since the IJHPR’s launch in January 2012, it has published over 250 articles, achieved...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen and Avi Israeli
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:65
  21. During the summer of 2013, after samples of poliomyelitis virus were found in sewage, Israel launched an intensive national oral polio vaccine (OPV) campaign. The clinical objective of the campaign was rather ...

    Authors: Hagai Boas, Anat Rosenthal and Nadav Davidovitch
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:64

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:21

  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

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

  23. Influenza causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide each year. Healthcare-associated influenza is a frequent event. Health care personnel (HCP) may be the source for infecting patients and may propa...

    Authors: David J. Weber, Walter Orenstein and William A. Rutala
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:61
  24. The present permanent deferral policy in Israel for MSM was established in 1977 and was based on the previous (now outdated) USA Food and Drug Administration standards. This study analyses epidemiological data...

    Authors: Gary Michael Ginsberg, Eilat Shinar, Eran Kopel and Daniel Chemtob
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:60

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:15

  25. The proliferation of medically assisted reproduction (MAR) for the treatment of infertility has brought benefit to many individuals around the world. But infertility and its treatment continue to be a cause of...

    Authors: Carmel Shalev, Adi Moreno, Hedva Eyal, Michal Leibel, Rhona Schuz and Talia Eldar-Geva
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:59
  26. The Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps (IDF MC) institutional review board (IRB) is one of approximately 50 IRBs active in Israel. In addition to routine IRB considerations it must also address in its deliber...

    Authors: Ayal Hassidim, Raeed Kayouf, Nirit Yavnai, Naomi Panush, David Dagan, Tarif Bader and Michael Hartal
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:53

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:13

  27. Cancer survivorship has increasingly become the focus of research due to progress in early detection and advancements in the therapeutic approach, but high-quality information sources for outcomes, potential c...

    Authors: Rola Hamood, Hatem Hamood, Ilya Merhasin and Lital Keinan-Boker
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:50

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:14

  28. Many distressed minority adolescents with little access to professional mental health services use teachers and school counselors as their main consultation sources. This paper presents data from the Galilee s...

    Authors: Raida Daeem, Ivonne Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Ilana Farbstein, Raseem Khamaisi, Anneke Ifrah, Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad, Sylvana Fennig and Alan Apter
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:49
  29. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of health disparities. We aimed to determine social characteristics associated with smoking status and age at smoking initiation in the ethnically-diverse population of Israel.

    Authors: Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Angela Chetrit, Shlomit Avni, Emma Averbuch, Ilya Novikov and Nihaya Daoud
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:36

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:51

  30. Patient preferences regarding the gender of their physicians is a highly sensitive issue, which can be particularly salient in intimate medical situations. Previously published studies found that women tend to...

    Authors: Asnat Groutz, Hadar Amir, Revital Caspi, Eran Sharon, Yifat Amir Levy and Mordechai Shimonov
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:35

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:37

  31. Pharmaceutical disposal and the environmental fate of medication metabolites directly impacts the public’s health in two significant ways: accidental medication ingestion of pharmaceuticals that were not dispo...

    Authors: Eric D. Amster
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:58

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:48

  32. Social media has become a major platform for debates on science and health. This commentary argues that while social media can present challenges to communicating important health matters, it can also provide ...

    Authors: Graham Dixon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:57

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:34

  33. 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

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

  34. The crude rate of early-onset Group B streptococcus disease (EOGBS) in Israel has been consistently under 0.5 for 1000 live births for the past 8 years. The Israeli Ministry of Health has adapted the risk fact...

    Authors: H. Sefty, A. Klivitsky, M. Bromberg, R. Dichtiar, M. Ben Ami, T. Shohat and A. Glatman-Freedman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:42
  35. Efforts to mitigate health inequity are at the heart of health policy in Israel and in many developing countries seeking to advance toward universal health coverage. This commentary uses the conceptual framewo...

    Authors: Daniel Cotlear
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:56

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:19

  36. Social media can act as an important platform for debating, discussing, and disseminating information about vaccines. Our objectives were to map and describe the roles played by web-based mainstream media and ...

    Authors: Daniela Orr, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Keren Landsman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:34

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:57

  37. Parental hesitancy for recommended childhood vaccines is a growing public health concern influenced by various factors. This study aimed to explore regret regarding parental decisions to vaccinate their childr...

    Authors: Yaira Hamama-Raz, Eyal Ginossar-David and Menachem Ben-Ezra
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:55
  38. Most couples enrolled in Assisted Reproductive Technologies’ (ART) treatments need to make decisions regarding embryo disposition, as they are asked to sign a consent form about embryo donation for research. B...

    Authors: Catarina Samorinha and Susana Silva
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:44

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:25

  39. The high number of IVF procedures performed in Israel has had an unforeseen consequence: accumulation of large amounts of surplus frozen embryos. After five years that the frozen embryos are kept for free, pat...

    Authors: Aviad Raz, Jonia Amer-Alshiek, Mor Goren-Margalit, Gal Jacobi, Alyssa Hochberg, Ami Amit, Foad Azem and Hadar Amir
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:25

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:44

  40. Intravenous potassium chloride (IV KCl) solutions are widely used in hospitals for treatment of hypokalemia. As ampoules of concentrated KCL must be diluted before use, critical incidents have been associated ...

    Authors: Fanny Ofek, Racheli Magnezi, Yaffa Kurzweil, Inbal Gazit, Sofia Berkovitch and Orna Tal
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:30
  41. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) affects 1 % of all pregnant women and in western societies it is the most common cause for hospital admission during first trimester. The economic burden of the disease has barely b...

    Authors: Jone Trovik and Åse Vikanes
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:43