In implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI) law, government policymakers have had to make many major decisions that affect the way health care is delivered to Israel’s six million residents. While data and research alone can never determine governmental policy, they can play a very important role in improving decision making.
This report was prepared within the context of a multiyear study of the role of data in governmental decision making related to Israeli national health insurance. The study has two major components:
- A “macro” overview of the roleof data in NHI decision making
- “Micro” in-depth examinations of four case studies: two case studies that use specific NHI related decisions as their starting point, and two case studies that use NHI related datasets as their starting point.
This report presents the findings of the macro component of the study.
Citing suggestion: Rosen, B., Schwartz, R., Sicron, M., Sykes, I., & Berg-Warman, A. (2003). Data use in major governmental decisions related to National Health Insurance. RR-401-03. Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.