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Year 2006 update of the Israel National List of Health Services.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17058406     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In Israel, updating of the National List of Health Services is performed on a yearly basis by means of a systematic and structured mechanism for almost a decade. The existence of such a mechanism is vital for keeping medicine up to date, since many innovative and breakthrough medical technologies continuously and frequently evolve. The 2006 update is unique in several aspects, relating both to the mechanism and to the decision-making process. In this article we describe notable issues that arose during the current process: modifications to the update mechanism, the four-phase increase in allocated resources to fund the addition of new medical technologies (including the addition of finances at the expense of the 2007 planned budget), and public funding for high-cost therapies. Finally, we discuss the impact of medical advances on healthcare costs and a suggested constant annual addition to the budget.
Authors:
Orly Tamir; Mordechai Rabinovich; Mordechai Shani
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ     Volume:  8     ISSN:  1565-1088     ISO Abbreviation:  Isr. Med. Assoc. J.     Publication Date:  2006 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-10-23     Completed Date:  2006-11-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100930740     Medline TA:  Isr Med Assoc J     Country:  Israel    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  595-600     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Israeli Center for Technology Assessment in Health Care, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer, Israel. orlyt@gertnet.health.gov.il
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biomedical Technology / classification*,  economics
Budgets
Decision Making, Organizational*
Health Care Costs
Health Priorities / classification,  ethics
Humans
Israel
National Health Programs / classification*,  economics
Resource Allocation / economics,  statistics & numerical data
Technology Assessment, Biomedical* / economics,  ethics
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Isr Med Assoc J. 2006 Sep;8(9):646-8   [PMID:  17058419 ]

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