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The following is a list of publications by MJB researchers that have been published in the international peer-reviewed literature.
Benbassat, J. (2018). Future challenges of medical education. Harefuah, 157(12), 779-782.
Brammli-Greenberg, S., Glazer, J., & Shapiro, E. (2018). The inverse U-shaped Religion–Health connection among Israeli Jews. Journal of Religion and Health, 57(2), 738-750.
Gannot, R. N., Chinitz, D. P., & Rosenbaum, S. (2018). What should health insurance cover? A comparison of Israeli and US approaches to benefit design under national health reform. Health Economics, Policy and Law, 13(2), 189-208.
Haimi, M., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waisman, Y., & Baron-Epel, O. (2018). Physicians’ experiences, attitudes and challenges in a pediatric telemedicine service. Pediatric Research, 84(5), 650-656.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., & Chinitz, D. (2018). Expensive lifesaving treatments: Allocating resources and maximizing access. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 7(1), 3.
Ornoy, A., Rivkin, D., & Barlev, L. (2018). Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Accessibility and availability of services in Israel. Harefuah, 157(4), 219-224.
Shapiro, E., Zigdon, A., & Nissanholtz-Gannot, R. (2018). Health care access and satisfaction in Judean and Samarian communities: Opportunities for improving care. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 7(1), 31.
Sorek, Y., Szabo-Lael, R., & Ben Simon, B. (2018). Changes in Israeli foster care services following partial privatization: The perspective of professionals and policymakers. Society and Welfare, 38(1), 231-262.
Tener, D., Sorek, Y., & Schwartz, E. (2018). “I did not know there was another life”: Meanings of life in the out‐of‐home mothers’ unit reunification programme. Child & Family Social Work, 23(3), 373-380.
Brammli-Greenberg, S., Glazer, J., & Shmueli, A. (2018). Regulated competition and health plan payment under the national health insurance law in Israel—The unfinished story. In T. McGuire, & R. V. Kleef (Eds.), Risk adjustment, risk sharing and premium regulation in health insurance markets (pp. 365-395). Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., & Davidovitch, N. (2018). Evaluation of teaching and learning outcomes in health systems management studies, the case of Israel: Ideal versus actual. In R. L. Raby, & E. J. Valeau (Eds.), Handbook of comparative studies on community colleges and global counterparts (pp. 381-399). New York: Springer.
Somekh, S., Almog, Y., & Nijim-Ektelat, F. (2018). When cultural differences make a difference: The case of community change in an Arab community in Israel. In N. Walzer, & L. Weaver (Eds.), Using collective impact to bring community change (pp. 156-174). New York: Routledge.
Rosen, B., & Waitzberg, R. (2018). Advancing universal health coverage: What developing countries can learn from the Israeli experience? Washington, DC.: World Bank.
Bar Sela, G., Bentur, N., Rei Koren, Z., & Schultz, M. (2017). Do we have medical measures that attest to the effect of spiritual care in time of illness? Harefuah, 156(8), 502-506.
Benbassat, J. (2017). The blood libel trials in Vratsa and Yambol, Bulgaria (1891–1903). East European Jewish Affairs, 47(1), 85-106.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., & Yankellevich, A. (2017). Regulating the relationship between physicians and pharmaceutical companies: A qualitative and descriptive analysis of the impact of Israeli legislation. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 6(1), 45.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., Bonny-Noach, H., & Korn, L. (2017). OP-80: Behavioral patterns and perceptions relating to body modification in Israel: Tattoos, piercings, and sub-dermal implants. Journal of Behavioral Addictions, 6(S1), 38-40.
Schultz, M., Bentur, N., Rei Koren, Z., & Bar Sela, G. (2017). From pastoral care to spiritual care – Transforming the conception of the role of the spiritual care provider. Harefuah, 156(11), 735-739.
Waitzberg, R., & Merkur, S. (2017). Policy efforts to strengthen public hospitals in Israel. EUROhealth, 23(4), 34.
Hendin, A., Ben-Rabi, D., & Azaiza, F. (2017). Framing and making of access policies. In A. Mountford-Zimdars, & N. Harrison (Eds.), Access to higher education: Theoretical perspectives and contemporary challenges (pp. 145-157). New York: Routledge.
Rosen, B., & Waitzberg, R. (2017). The Israeli health care system. In E. Mossialos, A. Djordjevic, R. Osborn & D. Sarnak (Eds.), International profiles of health care systems (pp. 85-93). New York: The Commonwealth Fund.
Itzkovitch-Malka, R., & Konstantinov, V. (2017). In M. Shamir & G. Rahat (Eds.), Immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Israeli politics: At a crossroads. The elections in Israel 2015 (pp. 115-137). New York: Routledge.
Benbassat, J. (2016). Inferences from unexpected findings of scientific research: Common misconceptions. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 8(3), 188-190.
Bentur, N., Sternberg, S. A., & Shuldiner, J. (2016). Frailty transitions in community dwelling older people. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 18(8), 449-453.
Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waitzberg, R., Perman, V., & Gamzu, R. (2016). Why and how did Israel adopt activity-based hospital payment? The procedure-related group incremental reform. Health Policy, 120(10), 1171-1176.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., Yankellevich, A., & Nirel, N. (2016). The influence of the Israeli legislation on the relationship between physicians and pharmaceutical companies. Harefuah, 155(7), 426-430.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., Goldman, D., Rosen, B., Kay, C., & Wilf-Miron, R. (2016). How do primary care physicians perceive the role of nurses in quality measurement and improvement? The Israeli story. Frontiers in Public Health, 4, 124.
Ornoy, A., Ovadia, M., Rivkin, D., Milshtein, E., & Barlev, L. (2016). Prevalence of ADHD among 7-9-year-old children in Israel. A comparison between Jewish and Arab populations. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 53(2), 3-9.
Resnizky, S., & Leichtentritt, R. (2016). The final illness: Decision-making in the family unit: Abstract number: Fc91. Palliative Medicine, 30(6), NP59.
Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Ayalon, L., Brodsky, J., & Doron, I. I. (2016a). Erratum to: Measuring ageism based on knowledge, attitudes and behavior: Findings from an Israeli pilot study. Ageing International, 41(4), 442.
Shiovitz-Ezra, S., Ayalon, L., Brodsky, J., & Doron, I. I. (2016b). Measuring ageism based on knowledge, attitudes and behavior: Findings from an Israeli pilot study. Ageing International, 41(3), 298-310.
Almog, Y., Rosen, B., & Habib, J. (2016). Accountability and shared measurement in health care: Examples from Israel. In P. Mattei (Ed.), Public accountability and health care governance: Public management reforms between austerity and democracy (pp. 193-216). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waitzberg, R., Perman, V., & Gamzu, R. (2016). How Israel reimburses hospitals based on activity: The procedure-related group (PRG) incremental reform. In OECD (Ed.), Better ways to pay for health care. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Brodsky, J., & Clarfield, A. M. (2016). Long-term care in health services. In S. R. Quah, (Ed.),. International Encyclopedia of Public Health. Academic Press.‏ (pp.459-463) (Original work published 2008).
Morag, T., Sorek, Y., & Inbar, A. (2016). Children’s participation in Israeli family courts: An account of an ongoing learning process. In A. Scully-Hill, S. Sihombing, & K. Lynch (Eds.), Reforming Hong Kong’s child & family justice systems. Sha Tin, N.T.: The Chinese University Press.
Zemach-Marom, T. (2016). Quality improvement and performance measurement in Israeli social services. In D. J. Besharov, K. J. Baehler & J. A. Klerman (Eds.), Improving public services: International experiences in using evaluation tools to measure program performance (p. 147). New York: Oxford University Press.
Benbassat, J. (2015). Provision of private care by doctors employed in public health institutions: Ethical considerations and implications for clinical training. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 17(6), 335-338.
Greenberg, S. B. (2015). Inequalities in waiting times by socioeconomic status – A possible causal mechanism. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 4(1), 2.
Konstantinov, V. (2015). The professional mobility of FSU immigrants in Israel, 1990–2010. Research in Jewish Demography and Identity, 169-196.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., Zigdon, A., & Lotan, M. (2015). The time is now: The need for an intensive, appropriate individual intervention for individuals with Rett syndrome. Journal of Syndromes, 2(2), 7.
Rosen, B., Waitzberg, R., & Merkur, S. (2015). Israel: Health system review. Health Systems in Transition, 17(6), 1-212.
Morag, T., Sorek, Y., & Inbar, A. (2015). Children’s participation in Israeli family courts: An account of an ongoing learning process. In T. Gal, & B. Duramy (Eds.), International perspectives and empirical findings on child participation: From social exclusion to child-inclusive policies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Benbassat, J. (2015). Teaching professional attitudes and basic clinical skills to medical students: A practical guide. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Bar-Sela, G., Bentur, N., Schultz, M., & Corn, B. W. (2014). Spiritual care in hospitals and other healthcare settings in Israel–A profession in the making. Harefuah, 153(5), 285-288.
Baumal, R., Benbassat, J., & Van, J. A. (2014). Reflections on the current and future roles of clinician-scientists. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 16(8), 475-478.
Bentur, N., Resnizky, S., Balicer, R., & Eilat-Tsanani, T. (2014). Quality of end-of-life care for cancer patients: Does home hospice care matter? The American Journal of Managed Care, 20(12), 988-992.
Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waitzberg, R., Medina-Artom, T., & Adijes-Toren, A. (2014). Low-budget policy tool to empower Israeli insureds to demand their rights in the healthcare system. Health Policy, 118(3), 279-284.
Bentur, N., Sternberg, S., Spalter, T., & Lamberger, J. (2012). Comprehensive geriatric assessments: What are their place and how do they contribute to care for elderly patients in Israel’s health care system? Harefuah, 151(5), 301-305.
Bentur, N., Valinsky, L., Lemberger, J., Moshe, Y. B., & Heymann, A. D. (2012). Primary care intervention programme to improve early detection of hearing loss in the elderly. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 126(6), 574-579.
Morag, T., Rivkin, D., & Sorek, Y. (2012). Child participation in the family courts—Lessons from the Israeli pilot project. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 26(1), 1-30.
Nissanholtz-Gannot, R., & Rosen, B. (2012). Monitoring quality in Israeli primary care: The primary care physicians’ perspective. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 1(1), 26.
Sternberg, S. A., Bentur, N., Abrams, C., Spalter, T., Karpati, T., Lemberger, J., & Heymann, A. D. (2012). Identifying frail older people using predictive modeling. The American Journal of Managed Care, 18(10), 392.
Suri, R. M., Antiel, R. M., Burkhart, H. M., Huebner, M., Li, Z., Eton, D. T., … Schaff, H. V. (2012). Quality of life after early mitral valve repair using conventional and robotic approaches. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 93(3), 761-769.
Gross R, Ashkenazi Y., Schachter L. (2012). To regulate or not to regulate: The perspective of policymakers on integrated care. In Shuval, J. T., & Averbuch, E. (Eds.), Alternative and bio-medicine in Israel: Boundaries and bridges (pp. 175-196). Brighton: Academic Studies Press.
Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Rabinowitz, J., Gordon, B., & Afek, A. (2011). Disparities in obesity temporal trends of Israeli adolescents by ethnic origin. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity, 6(sup3), 154.
Gross, R., Doron, D., Ashkenazi, Y., Hemo, B., Shoham, O. B., & Nahshon, I. (2011). C-B5-01: Childhood obesity: Risk factors, associated morbidity and service utilization. Clinical Medicine & Research, 9(3-4), 154.
Nirel, N., Rosen, B., Sharon, A., Blondheim, O., Sherf, M., & Cohen, A. D. (2011). OFEK virtual medical records: An evaluation of an integrated hospital-community system. Harefuah, 150(2), 72-78.
Shvartzman, P., Singer, Y., Bentur, N., Oberman, A., Kabilu, Y., Cohen, R., & Tandeter, H. (2011). Constructing a post-graduate palliative care curriculum: The Israeli national palliative care training (INPACT) experience. Journal of Palliative Care, 27(3), 238-243.
Zwanziger, J., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2011). Strong government influence over the Israeli health care system has led to low rates of spending growth. Health Affairs, 30(9), 1779-1785.
Benbassat, J. (2010). Cancer screening. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 12(7), 2.
Benbassat, J., Baumal, R., & Herishanu, Y. (2010). Treatment of acute ischemic stroke in patients with cerebral microbleeds: A decision analysis. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 104(1), 73-82.
Heymann, A. D., Bentur, N., Valinsky, L., Lemberger, J., & Elhayany, A. (2010). The perceived performance, barriers and solutions for the good preventive care of elderly people in Israel. Quality in Primary Care, 18(3), 173-179.
Rosen, B., Porath, A., Pawlson, L. G., Chassin, M. R., & Benbassat, J. (2010). Adherence to standards of care by health maintenance organizations in Israel and the USA. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 23(1), 15-25.
Szabo-Lael, R., & Zemach-Marom, T. (2010). Child protection in Israel. In H. Dubowitz, & J. Merrick (Eds.), International aspects of child abuse and neglect (pp. 47-57). New York: Nova science publishers.
Bentur, N., & Resnitzky, S. (2009). Five year survival after stroke, and related prognostic factors in Israel. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 11(7), 411-415.
Bin-Nun, G., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2009). Economic aspects of the insurance reform in mental health. Psychiatry, 12, 14-19.
Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Gordon, B., Rabinowitz, J., & Afek, A. (2009). Population-based trends in male adolescent obesity in Israel 1967–2003. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44(2), 195-198.
Rosen, B., Nirel, N., Gross, R., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2009). The Israeli mental health insurance reform: A framework for a systematic and coordinated evaluation effort. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 12, S37.
Dolev, T., Ben Rabi, D., & Zemach-Marom, T. (2009). Residential care for children “at-risk” in Israel: Current situation and future challenges. In M. E. Courtney, &, D. Iwaniec (Eds.), Residential care of children: Comparative perspectives (pp. 72-87). New York: Oxford University Press.
Shemesh, A. A., Kohn, R., Radomislensky, I., Brodsky, J., & Levav, I. (2008). Emotional distress and other health-related dimensions among elderly survivors of the Shoa living in the community. The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 45(4), 230-238.
Baumal, R., & Benbassat, J. (2008). Current trends in the educational approach for teaching interviewing skills to medical students. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 10(7), 552-555.
Benbassat, J., & Baumal, R. (2008). Variability in duration of follow up may bias the conclusions of cohort studies of patients with patent foramen ovale. European Journal of Neurology, 15(9), 909-915.
Nirel, N., Birkenfeld, S., & Benbassat, J. (2008). Criteria for a medical specialty in crisis: A case study of general surgery and internal medicine. Harefuah, 147(6), 553-559.
Nirel, N., Matzliach, R., Birkenfeld, S., & Benbassat, J. (2008). Medical specialties in crisis: Causes of the crisis and possible solutions. Harefuah, 147(6), 482-487.
Rosen, B., Nirel, N., Gross, R., Bramali, S., & Ecker, N. (2008). The Israeli mental health insurance reform. Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 11(4), 201-208.
Konstantinov, V. (2008). The immigration from the former Soviet Union and the elections in Israel, 1992–2006: Is a “Third Israel” being created? In A. Asher, & M. Shamir (Eds.), The elections in Israel 2006 (pp. 103-134). New York: Routledge.
Benbassat, J., & Baumal, R. (2007). The time horizons of formal decision analyses. Journal of the Association of Physicians, 100(6), 383-388.
Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., & Rosen Bruce. (2007). Co-payments: The implications for service accessibility and equity. Law and Business, 6, 197-224.
Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Tabenkin, H., & Benbassat, J. (2007). Primary care physicians’ discussion of emotional distress and patient satisfaction. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 37(3), 331-345.
Marom, M., Cohen, D., & Naon, D. (2007). Changing disability‐related attitudes and self‐efficacy of Israeli children via the partners to inclusion programme. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 54(1), 113-127.
Zemach-Marom, T. (2007). The relationship between research and practice in implementing the RAF method for quality assurance in residential settings for children in Israel. In R. J. Chaskin, & J. M. Rosenfeld (Eds.), Research for action: Cross-national perspectives on connecting knowledge, policy, and practice for children (pp. 67-87). New York: Oxford University Press Oxford.
Azaiza, F., Rimmerman, A., Araten-Bergman, T., & Naon, D. (2006). Consideration of out-of-home placement among Israeli Jewish and Arab parents of children with disabilities. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 29(2), 113-116.
Ben-Zvi, N., Rosenbluth, M., Gross, R., & Ashkenazi, Y. (2006). Women’s health E-learning program. Gender Medicine, 3(1), S45.
Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., Schoen, C., Brammli-Greenberg, S., & Simantov, E. (2006). Health counseling for women in the absence of financial barriers: Comparing reported counseling rates of women in the United States and Israel. Women & Health, 43(1), 1-18.
Ofer, G., Rosen, B., Greenstein, M., Benbassat, J., Halevy, J., & Shapira, S. (2006). Public and private patients in Jerusalem hospitals: Who operates on whom? The Israel Medical Association Journal, 8(4), 270-276.
Brodsky, J., & Litwin, H. (2005). Immigration, ethnicity and patterns of care among older persons in Israel. Retraite Et Société, 44, 177-203.
Benbassat, J. (2005). Teaching clinical reasoning to undergraduate medical students. In I. Geva-May (Ed.), Thinking like a policy analyst (pp. 53-71). New York: Palgrave Macmillannger.
Clarfield, A. M., Rosenberg, E., Brodsky, J., & Bentur, N. (2004). Healthy aging around the world: Israel too? The Israel Medical Association Journal, 6(9), 516-520.
Gross, R., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2004). Evaluating the effect of regulatory prohibitions against risk selection by health status on supplemental insurance ownership in Israel. Social Science & Medicine, 58(9), 1609-1622.
Benbassat, J. (2004). Physicians’ attitudes to medical error and quality control of care. Directions in Psychiatry, 24, 237-246.
Bentur, N., Gross, R., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2004). Satisfaction with and access to community care of the chronically ill in Israel’s health system. Health Policy, 67(2), 129-136.
Azaiza, F., & Brodsky, J. (2003). The aging of Israel’s Arab population: Needs, existing responses, and dilemmas in the development of services for a society in transition. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 5(5), 383-386.
Benbassat, J. (2003). Barriers to the fair allocation of healthcare resources. Harefuah, 142(2), 103-108.
Benbassat, J., Baumal, R., Borkan, J. M., & Ber, R. (2003). Overcoming barriers to teaching the behavioral and social sciences to medical students. Academic Medicine: Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 78(4), 372-380.
Bentur, N., & Resnizky, S. (2003). Care of acute stroke patients in general hospitals in Israel. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 5(5), 343-345.
Brodsky, J. (2003). The challenges of success: The aging of Israeli society. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 5(5), 375-378.
Schoen, C., Simantov, E., Gross, R., Brammli, S., & Leiman, J. (2003). Disparities in women’s health and health care experiences in the United States and Israel: Findings from 1998 national women’s health surveys. Women & Health, 37(1), 49-70.
Brodsky, J., Habib, J., Hirschfeld, M., & Siegel, B. (2002). Care of the frail elderly in developed and developing countries: The experience and the challenges. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 14(4), 279-286.
Brodsky, J. (2002). Geriatric health care to the elderly in Israel. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 35, 59-73.
Goldwag, R., Berg, A., Yuval, D., & Benbassat, J. (2002). Predictors of patient dissatisfaction with emergency care. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 4(8), 603-606.
Konstantinov, V. (2002). Soviet Jewish scientific personnel, 1920s-1980s: A statistical analysis. Jews in Eastern Europe, 1-2(47-48), 54-84.
Benbassat, J. (2002). Changes in clinical reasoning and practice during the last forty years. In The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services & Chinitz, D., The changing face of health systems (pp. 173-180). Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing House.
Benbassat, J., & Baumal, R. (2001). Teaching doctor-patient interviewing skills using an integrated learner and teacher-centered approach. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 322(6), 349-357.
Benbassat, J., Pilpel, D., & Schor, R. (2001). Physicians’ attitudes toward litigation and defensive practice: Development of a scale. Behavioral Medicine, 27(2), 52-60.
Bentur, N., & Moualem, A. (2001). The effect on family members of treating home-hospitalized patients. Harefuah, 140(5), 386-391.
Bentur, N. (2001). Hospital at home: What is its place in the health system? Health Policy, 55(1), 71-79.
Bentur, N., & Gross, R. (2001). The reform of the Israeli health care system: A comparison between older and younger consumers, one year and three years after its implementation. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49(1), 56-64.
Berg, A., Horev, T., & Zusman, S. P. (2001). Patient satisfaction, quality indicators and utilization of dental services in Israel. Harefuah, 140(12), 1151-1155.
Berg, A., Yuval, D., Ivancovsky, M., Zalcberg, S., Dubani, A., & Benbassat, J. (2001). Patient perception of involvement in medical care during labor and delivery. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 3(5), 352-356.
Brodsky, J., & Clarfield, A. M. (2001). An overview of home health care in Israel. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2(5), 264-268.
Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., & Remennick, L. (2001). Self-rated health status and health care utilization among immigrant and non-immigrant Israeli Jewish women. Women & Health, 34(3), 53-69.
Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2001). Gatekeeping: A challenge in the management of primary care physicians. Journal of Management in Medicine, 15(4), 283-302.
Tabenkin, H., Gross, R., Brammli-Greenberg, S., & Steinmetz, D. (2001). Primary care physicians in Israel: Self-perception of their role in the healthcare system and policy makers’ and patients’ perception of them as gatekeepers. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 3(12), 893-897.
Tabenkin, H., Gross, R., & Bramli-Greenberg, S. (2001). How Israeli primary care physicians perceive their role in the health care system. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 24(2), 19-29.
Benbassat, J. (2000). Commentary: Are there any inconsistencies among the notions of the biopsychosocial medical model? The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 37(4), 271.
Benbassat, J. (2000). Are there inconsistencies in Engel’s biopsychosocial model of medicine? Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 37, 271-273.
Benbassat, J., Haklai, Z., Glick, S., & Friedman, N. (2000). Determinants of hospital utilization: The situation in Israel and selected countries. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 2(11), 833-837.
Benbassat, J., & Taragin, M. (2000). Hospital readmissions as a measure of quality of health care: Advantages and limitations. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160(8), 1074-1081.
Froom, P., Kristal-Boneh, E., Melamed, S., Harari, G., Benbassat, J., & Ribak, J. (2000). Serum total cholesterol and cardiovascular mortality in Israeli males: The CORDIS study. Cardiovascular occupational risk factor determination in Israeli industry. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 2(9), 668-671.
Froom, P., & Benbassat, J. (2000). Inconsistencies in the classification of preventive interventions. Preventive Medicine, 31(2), 153-158.
Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2000). What do primary care physicians think of Israel’s health policy reform? Harefuah, 139(1-2), 1-8.
Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., & Brammli-Greenberg, S. (2000). Who needs a gatekeeper? Patients’ views of the role of the primary care physician. Family Practice, 17(3), 222-229.
Haklai, Z., Glick, S., & Benbassat, J. (2000). Determinants of hospital utilization: The content of medical inpatient care in Israel. The Israel Medical Association Journal, 2(5), 339-342.
Konstantinov, V. (2000). The socio-economic structure of the Jewish population of the USSR from the 1960s to the 1980s. Jews in Eastern Europe, 3(43), 47-77.
Schor, R., Pilpel, D., & Benbassat, J. (2000). Tolerance of uncertainty of medical students and practicing physicians. Medical Care, 38, 272-280.
Azaiza, F., Lowenstein, A., & Brodsky, J. (1999). Institutionalization for the elderly is a novel phenomenon among the Arab population in Israel. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 31(3-4), 65-85.
Bentur, N., Gross, R., & Berg, A. (1998). Screening tests for early detecting breast cancer in women in Israel–Performance rates and patient characteristics. Harefuah, 134(6), 425-428.
Bentur, N., Berg, A., Gross, R., & Chinitz, D. (1998). Health system reform and the elderly: The case of Israel. Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 10(2), 85-104.
Berg, A., & Yuval, D. (1998). What has happened to patient satisfaction with the care in general hospitals in the years from 1993-1995? Harefuah, 134(5), 348-351.
Gross, R., Feldman, D., Rabinowitz, Y., Greenstein, M., & Berg, A. (1998). Characteristics of adults with emotional distress in Israel – Patterns of mental health services used. Harefuah, 134(5), 341-348.
Gross, R., Tabenkin, H., Brammli-Greenberg, S., & Schwartzman, P. (1998). Patients’ opinions of the role of the primary care physician: Implications for the organization of health services. Harefuah, 134(2), 81-88.
Konstantinov, V. (1998). Higher education and the Jews in Stalin’s last years. Jews in Eastern Europe, 2(36), 33-53.
Tabenkin, H., Gross, R., Brammli, S., & Shvartzman, P. (1998). Patients’ views of direct access to specialists: An Israeli experience. The Israel Medical Association, 279(24), 1943-1948.
Azaiza, F., & Brodsky, J. (1997). Changes in the Arab world and development of services for the Arab elderly in Israel during the last decade. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 27(1-2), 37-53.
Bentur, N., Brodsky, J., & Habot, B. (1997). Prevalence rate, place of hospitalization and source of referral of complex nursing care patients in geriatric hospitalization. Harefuah, 132(8), 539-544.
Brodsky, J., & Habib, J. (1997). New developments and issues in home care policies. Disability and Rehabilitation, 19(4), 150-154.
Auslander, G., & Cohen, M. (1996). Reliability issues in the development of computerized information systems. Computers in Human Services, 12(3-4), 327-338.
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