The Israeli health system provides universal coverage of a broad benefits package in a highly efficient manner. At the same time, the Israeli health system faces significant challenges, including lack of universal coverage for long-term care and adult dental care, center-periphery gaps,...

Israel's National Health Insurance Law which came into effect in January 1995 required a substantial reform of the country's health-care system. Health care in Israel was decentralized, lightly regulated, dominated by politicised decisions, under-funded and inefficient. Health policy was poorly...

The decisions and actions of health care professionals have a major impact on such health care outcomes as cost, quality and equity. It is widely believed that professional behavior is determined, in part by how and how much they are paid. Professionals can respond to reimbursement incentives at...