Israel Journal of Health Policy Research | Articles

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research | Articles

Israel Journal of Health Policy Research

1. Integrative article

   Maximizing influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare personnel in Israel: lessons learned from mandatory vaccination policy in the United States

   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

   Published on: 16 September 2019

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2. Content type:Integrative article

   Evidence-based preschool-age vision screening: health policy considerations

   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

   Published on: 12 September 2019

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3. Content type:Meeting abstracts

   Abstracts from the 7th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy

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   Citation:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8(Suppl 1):69

   Published on: 10 September 2019

   This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 8 Supplement 1

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4. Content type:Original research article

   Hierarchy of hair loss stigma: media portrayals of cancer, alopecia areata, and ringworm in Israeli newspapers

   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

   Published on: 3 September 2019

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

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5. Content type:Original research article

   Correlates of gastroenterology health-services utilization among patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: a large database analysis

   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

   Published on: 20 August 2019

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6. Content type:Original research article

   Measuring the academic value of academic medical centers: describing a methodology for developing an evaluation model at one Academic Medical Center

   Academic Medical Centers (AMCs) must simultaneously serve different purposes:

   Authors:Rafael Hod, Oded Maimon and Eyal Zimlichman

   Citation:Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2019 8:65

   Published on: 5 August 2019

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