{"id":987521784,"date":"2021-10-17T03:08:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T02:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/news\/universal-health-coverage-case-study-of-israels-managed-care-model\/"},"modified":"2023-03-02T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:08:23","slug":"universal-health-coverage-case-study-of-israels-managed-care-model","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/news\/universal-health-coverage-case-study-of-israels-managed-care-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Health Coverage: Case Study of Israel\u2019s managed care model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Israel has a long-standing commitment to universal health coverage through government and non-governmental organizations. The country\u2019s National Health Insurance System (NHIS) covers all permanent residents, accounting for&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span><u><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/international-health-policy-center\/countries\/israel#:~:text=Since%201995%2C%20Israel's%20National%20Health,entitled%20to%20health%20care%20services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>98% of its resident population<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Even with its relatively low spending, Israel\u2019s health outcomes have been impressive in terms of preventing deaths, reducing loss of functioning and extending life. This article examines how the Israeli health system is financed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The NHIS is funded through a combination of general tax revenues as well as income-based tax collected solely for healthcare (health tax). It provides an<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>interesting case for a system that uses pooled funds to provide care that is effectively accessible, integrated, and universal and at a minimal cost.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>To know more read the entire article originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvara.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/30\/universal-health-coverage-case-study-of-israels-managed-care-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dvara Research<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Have anything to say about Israel&#8217;s health financing for UHC and social health protection? Please let us know in the Comments Section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel has a long-standing commitment to universal health coverage through government and non-governmental organizations. The country\u2019s National Health Insurance System (NHIS) covers all permanent residents, accounting for&nbsp;98% of its resident population. Even with its relatively low spending, Israel\u2019s health outcomes have been impressive in terms of preventing deaths, reducing loss of functioning and extending life&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":559,"featured_media":987529555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[],"tags":[123],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987521784"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987521784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/987521784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987529555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987521784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987521784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/p4h.world\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987521784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}