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    Israel's health care system is a world leader in delivering quality health care. Still, the system faces major challenges with regard to morbidity, accessibility and availability of services, infrastructure and staffing, and the organization of the health service system. These challenges have become even more acute in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    MJB's Smokler Center for Health Policy Research provides independent and objective research to inform policymaking on crucial national health policy issues through assessments of current challenges and by proposing programmatic directions for addressing these challenges.

    2020 Research Themes

    • Processes of reform and efficiency in the health care system
    • Advancement of disadvantaged populations
    • Quality of care
    • Workforce planning
    • COVID-19 pandemic
    • Development of big-data methods in research on health care policy and services and the relationship between the urban spatial environment and the health behaviors of residents
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    2020 Research Themes

    Processes of reform and efficiency in the health care system
    Advancement of disadvantaged populations
    Quality of care
    Workforce planning
    COVID-19 pandemic
    Development of big-data methods in research on health care policy and services and the relationship between the urban spatial environment and the health behaviors of residents

    Research Staff

    Dr. Bruce Rosen

    Systems Research Group Leader and Director of the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research

    Dr. Michal Laron

    Senior Research Scholar and Team Leader

    Dr. Shuli Brammli-Greenberg

    Senior Research Scholar

    Dr. Tamar Medina Artom

    Research Associate

    Hadar Samuel

    Research Scholar

    Nadav Penn

    Research associate

    Nitza Wurmbrand

    Administrative Coordinator

    Prof. Rachel Nissanholtz-Gannot

    Research Scholar

    Rina Maoz Breuer

    Research Associate

    Ruth Waitzberg

    Research Scholar

    Sharvit Fialco

    Research Analyst

    Shlomit Kagya

    Research Associate

    Recent Publications

    Public Trust in the Health Care System in Israel in 2018
    Shlomit Kagya, Yael Ashkenazi, Ira Yaari, Dr. Bruce Rosen
    2021

    The objective of the analysis was to assess the extent of public trust in the health system in 2018 (both overall and by population segment), with attention to several different aspects of public trust.
    The BROSH Program – A Therapeutic Intervention Program for Families with Mentally Ill Parents: A Formative Evaluation Study
    Lilach Zohar, Dr. Yoa Sorek, Anna Gerasimenko
    2020

    The goal of this formative evaluation was to study and describe the program’s unique work model and to examine the implementation and outcomes as perceived by the professionals and parties involved in the program.

    Monitoring Quality in Primary Care: How have the perspectives of health plan managers and front-line physicians changed between 2010 and 2020?
    Prof. Rachel Nissanholtz-Gannot, Dr. Tamar Medina Artom, Dr. Bruce Rosen
    2020

    The goals of this study were to examine the perceptions of managers and primary care physicians at the health plans and senior personnel in the healthcare system and the National Program regarding the program and the changes it has undergone, and to compare the findings with those of the previous survey.
    Buyer’s Price Program (Mechir Lamishtaken): Evaluation Study
    Dr. Michal Laron, Nadav Penn
    2020

    Background The past fifteen years have been characterized by steep increases in housing prices and a decline in the affordability of housing in Israel. Given this situation, the need for affordable housing is now prominent in the public discourse. Efforts to achieve this goal are reflected in a set of policy instruments designed to provide […]
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