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15 - Economic Aspects of the Healthcare System in Israel

from Part III - Investment in Human Capital, Productivity, and Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2021

By
Gabi Bin Nun  and
Gur Ofer
Edited by
Avi Ben-Bassat ,
Reuben Gronau  and
Asaf Zussman
Avi Ben-Bassat
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reuben Gronau
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Asaf Zussman
Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Summary

The chapter examines the main economic developments in the Israeli healthcare system and focuses on the contribution of the National Health Insurance Law (1995) to changing the configuration of incentives between the health funds and their members, between the health funds and the government, and between the health funds and the hospitals. An analysis is presented of the main trends in national health expenditure in Israel and its financing and the main reasons for its relative stability, in contrast to the upward trend that characterizes most of the OECD countries. The chapter also looks at the changes that have occurred in the private health insurance market (supplementary health insurance and commercial health insurance) and the effect of these changes on the system’s equality and efficiency. It will also discuss the trends in the main inputs into the healthcare system (manpower and hospital beds) relative to the system’s outputs (life expectancy and infant mortality).

Keywords

health policyhealth economicshealth reformshealth expenditurehealth inequalities
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The Israeli Economy, 1995–2017
Light and Shadow in a Market Economy
 , pp. 464 - 494
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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