Changes in the activity levels and financing sources of Israel ’s private for-profit hospitals in the wake of reforms to the public-private divide

Conclusions and policy implicationsIn the wake of the reforms, there was a substantial shift from private to public financing of elective surgical activity in private hospitals.Private for-profit hospitals have become important providers of publicly-funded procedures. It is likely that the reforms affected the public-private mix in the financing of elective surgical procedures in those hospitals, but due to the absence of a control group, causality cannot be proven. It is also unclear whether waiting times were shortened. Health reforms must be accompanied by a clear and comprehensive set of indicators for measuring their success.
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research