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  1. The mixture of public vs. private financing of the healthcare system has important fiscal and economic welfare implications. The consequences of this mixture for access to health services and for equity have b...

    Authors: Leah Achdut
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:87
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:48

  2. According to the ICF Model, the central goal of rehabilitation is the returning of persons with disabilities to an active and fruitful life within society. The Israel Ministry of Defense Rehabilitation Departm...

    Authors: Dan Segev and Miriam Schiff
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:86
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  3. The Israeli population genetic screening program for reproductive purposes, is a population-specific screening that includes all known, severe diseases and relatively frequent in a specific population (carrier...

    Authors: Joël Zlotogora
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:73
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  4. Increasing numbers of children with developmental, emotional, and psychosocial issues require adaptation of the services provided by pediatricians in the community. An international workshop that took place in...

    Authors: Zachi Grossman, Boaz Porter, Joseph Meyerovitch, Lisa Rubin, Jacob Kuint, Efrat Wechsler, Doron Dushnitzky and Shai Ashkenazi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:85
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

  5. The prevalence rate of postpartum depression (PPD) is 9 to 17% among mothers, with higher rates among low income and immigrant populations. Due to the negative effects of PPD symptoms on both the mother and baby,...

    Authors: Meital Simhi, Orly Sarid and Julie Cwikel
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:84
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  6. The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) is a peer-reviewed, on-line, open access journal, sponsored by Israel’s National Institute for Health Policy Research. We believe that it is both an innovat...

    Authors: Bruce Rosen, Avi Israeli and Stephen Schoenbaum
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:83
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  7. Vaccinating children against influenza has shown both direct and indirect beneficial effects. However, despite being offered free of charge, childhood influenza vaccine coverage in Israel has been low. Our obj...

    Authors: Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Kanar Amir, Rita Dichtiar, Hila Zadka, Ifat Vainer, Dolev Karolinsky, Teena Enav and Tamy Shohat
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:82
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  9. Undocumented migrants in Israel, mostly originating from HIV endemic countries, are not covered by Israel’s universal healthcare coverage. We initiated a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) to handle this public ...

    Authors: Daniel Chemtob, Rivka Rich, Neta Harel, Nechama Averick, Eyal Schwartzberg, Israel Yust, Shlomo Maayan, Itamar Grotto and Ronni Gamzu
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:80
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:48

  10. Palliative care is an approach meant to improve the quality of life of patients facing life-threatening illness and to support their families. An international workshop on palliative care took place in Caesare...

    Authors: Adir Shaulov, Kassim Baddarni, Nathan Cherny, Dorith Shaham, Pesach Shvartzman, Rotem Tellem and A. Mark Clarfield
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:79
    Content type: Meeting report Published on:

  11. To examine the association between listening and disruptive behaviors and the association between disruptive behavior and the wellbeing of the nurse. To test whether constructive and destructive listening has ...

    Authors: Sigal Shafran Tikva, Avraham N. Kluger and Yulia Lerman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:76
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  12. The rate of Israeli paramedics leaving the profession has been increasing in recent years: 50% leave the profession in three years, for the most part before retirement. While approximately 2500 paramedics have...

    Authors: Keren Dopelt, Oren Wacht, Refael Strugo, Rami Miller and Talma Kushnir
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:78
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:2

  13. Postpartum suicidality in Israel had not been systematically studied until the recent important investigation by Glasser and colleagues. The authors review rates, trends, and characteristics of postpartum wome...

    Authors: Anat Brunstein Klomek
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:77
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:34

  15. One of the major health disparities between Israel’s center and periphery relates to the physician to population ratio. To overcome it, the Israeli government launched a financial incentive program in 2011, in...

    Authors: Eyal Jacobson and Vered Ezra
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:74
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:1

  16. The original publication of this article [1] contained an incorrect title.

    Authors: Daphna Yeshua-Katz, Shifra Shvarts and Dorit Segal-Engelchin
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:72
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:68

  17. Recently, Miodownik et al. reported in this journal the results of a study on seclusion and mechanical restraint of psychiatric patients in Israel (Isr J Health Policy Res 8:9, 2019). The study was a retrospec...

    Authors: Yoav Kohn, Igor Barash and Gadi Lubin
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:71
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:9

  18. Acute cerebrovascular event is one of the leading causes of death in Israel and is the primary cause of neurological disability in adults. Although some evidence indicates that the incidence rate of acute cere...

    Authors: Assaf Ben Shoham, Sigal Liberant-Taub, Mor Sharon and Inbar Zucker
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:67
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  19. Maximizing vaccination uptake is crucial in generating herd immunity and preventing infection incidence (Quach et al., Am J Infect Control 11:1017–23, 2013). Vaccination of healthcare personnel (HCP) against i...

    Authors: Rachel Gur-Arie
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:60
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  20. There are many causes of visual impairment, and even blindness, which are treatable or at least preventable. Two such conditions are strabismus (crossed-eye, squint) and refractive error (visual image not focu...

    Authors: Deena Rachel Zimmerman, Hadas Ben-Eli, Bruce Moore, Monique Toledano, Chen Stein-Zamir and Ariela Gordon-Shaag
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:70
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  22. Over 300,000 people in Israel cope with temporary or permanent hair loss (alopecia) that results from diseases and medical treatments. For women, hair loss can be a highly traumatic event that may lead to adve...

    Authors: Daphna Yeshua-Katz, Shifra Shvarts and Dorit Segal-Engelchin
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:68
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:72

  23. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with high utilization of health care services. Diagnostic tests usually are not required to establish GERD diagnosis, but endoscopy is recommended for patie...

    Authors: Wasef Na’amnih, Racheli Katz, Sophy Goren, Amir Ben-Tov, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Gabriel Chodick and Khitam Muhsen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:66
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  25. 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:

  26. In 2014 the OECD published a report regarding inter-regional variation of hysterectomies in 13 countries including Israel. Variance in hospital admission rates were also reported. The Israeli Ministry of Healt...

    Authors: Roy Lauterbach, Mendlovic Joseph, Ziona Haklai, Lavie Gil and Lior Lowenstein
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:52
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  27. In July 2013, Israel was swept with fear of a polio outbreak. In response to the importation of wild polio virus, the Ministry decided to take preventive action by administering oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to a...

    Authors: Aviad Tur-Sinai, Rachel Gur-Arie, Nadav Davidovitch, Eran Kopel, Yael Glazer, Emilia Anis and Itamar Grotto
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:63
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  28. In a recent IJHPR article, Schwartzberg and colleagues report on clinical and other specialty services offered by pharmacists in the community in Israel and in the international arena. The article covers examp...

    Authors: Anthony P. Morreale, Julie A. Groppi and Heather Ourth
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:62
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:59

  29. Health literacy is important for patients’ comprehension of the health and medical messages conveyed to them and their meaning for them so that they can better manage their health. The aim of the study was to ...

    Authors: Michal Hochhauser, Michael Brusovansky, Maria Sirotin and Katerina Bronfman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:61
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  30. The Publisher has retracted this article [1] because it was published in this journal in error. This article is republished in BMC Health Services Research [2].

    Authors: Suhair Hussni Al-Ghabeesh and Haya Qattom
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:59
    Content type: Retraction Note Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:44

  31. Organizational language practice and policy are not neutral elements but reflect social and political power relations. The micro-level of working groups is subject to the influence of political conflicts and p...

    Authors: Yael Keshet and Ariela Popper-Giveon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:58
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  32. In recent years, it has become increasingly prevalent internationally to record and archive digital recordings of endoscopic procedures. This emerging documentation tool raises weighty educational, ethical and...

    Authors: Maya Peled-Raz, Nadav Willner, Dan Shteinberg, Keren Or-Chen and Tova Rainis
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:57
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  35. The Israeli Ministry of Health has set up the foundations of a National Pharmacovigilance System. The next step is to adopt the best of the international ideas, trends and approaches which are shaping the futu...

    Authors: Irene Fermont
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:54
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:29

  36. Ethnic disparities in cardiovascular outcomes have been increasingly recognized in the medical literature. In a recent paper in this journal, Peled et al. provide evidence that Arab Israelis may have worse out...

    Authors: Jeremy Kobulnik, Yasbanoo Moayedi and Douglas Greig
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:53
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:3

  37. This commentary describes how the first program for enhancing cultural competence in an Israeli healthcare facility was implemented at the ALYN Hospital Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center in Jerusa...

    Authors: Eliezer Be’eri, Maurit Beeri and Tal Cohen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:51
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:61

  38. Preventive medicine and health education are among the strategies used in coping with chronic diseases. However, it is yet to be determined what effect do personal and organizational aspects have on its’ imple...

    Authors: Ayelet Schor, Lucia Bergovoy-Yellin, Daniel Landsberger, Tania Kolobov and Orna Baron-Epel
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:50
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:12

  39. Recently, Luria et al. (2019) published a paper in The Israeli Journal for Health Policy Research describing the epidemiology of wrist and hand injuries in two hospitals in Jerusalem. In this important paper, the...

    Authors: Moran Bodas, Adi Givon and Kobi Peleg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:49
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:7

  40. In most countries there is a mismatch between demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds and ICU bed availability. Because of a policy of low ICU-bed reimbursement this mismatch is much more profound in Israel,...

    Authors: Yuval Schwartz, Amir Jarjoui and Amos M. Yinnon
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:48
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:20

  41. Understanding how PMI markets IQOS at the point-of-sale in Israel is critical to determining whether marketing practices adhere to regulations and appeal to groups most at risk at initiating new tobacco produc...

    Authors: Bonnie Halpern-Felsher
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:47
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:11

  42. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is often associated with excess morbidity and premature mortality. Such health disparities claim a steep economic cost: Possibly-preventable poor health outcomes harm societal we...

    Authors: Eran Politzer, Amir Shmueli and Shlomit Avni
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:46
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:68

  43. The Galilee Study assessed mental health service needs among Israeli Muslim and Druze adolescents and their mothers. Studies show that mothers of adolescents belonging to the Arab minority have much lower help...

    Authors: Raida Daeem, Ivonne Mansbach-Kleinfeld, Ilana Farbstein, Alan Apter, Rasha Elias, Anneke Ifrah, Gabriel Chodick and Silvana Fennig
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:45
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  44. Workplace bullying has adverse effects on nurses’ productivity and emotional well-being and increases nurses’ desire to leave their jobs. Bullying is a common phenomenon that has been reported worldwide. Emerg...

    Authors: Suhair Hussni Al-Ghabeesh and Haya Qattom
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:44
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Retraction Note to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:59

  45. Routine dental examinations are important for early diagnosis and treatment of dental problems among older adults in order to improve their quality of life and avoid costly future treatments. In Israel, a sign...

    Authors: Shosh Shahrabani
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:43
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2020 9:24

  46. Dementia is a terminal illness making the palliative and hospice approach to care appropriate for older people with advanced dementia.

    Authors: Shelley A. Sternberg, Ron Sabar, Glynis Katz, Ronit Segal, Liat Fux-Zach, Valeria Grofman, Gery Roth, Netta Cohen, Zorian Radomyslaski and Netta Bentur
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:42
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

    The Correction to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:56

  47. Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) is a major, preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations. Policy measures, guided by the WHO’s Framework Convention of Tob...

    Authors: Vaughan W. Rees
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:41
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:33

  48. A recent study by Levy et al. presents the dental treatment needs of a large sample of combat soldiers. They found that 80% need some dental care.

    Authors: Shlomo Paul Zusman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:40
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:24

  49. The accessibility of minority ethnic groups to healthcare services is challenging in many societies, most especially among the elderly population. Elderly individuals from minority groups have been found to ha...

    Authors: B. Adini
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:39
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:25

  50. A recent IJHPR article by Azulay et al. found no association between the patient activation measure (PAM) and adherence to colonoscopy after a positive fecal occult blood test result. This commentary will use ...

    Authors: Mark I. Taragin
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:38
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2018 7:74

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