Research Abstracts
Research abstracts funded by the National Institute and completed.
The full version of the research report can be obtained from the principal researcher.
Analyzing the utilization of second opinions as a function of the payment method
Researchers: Joseph Pliskin, Tuvia Horev
Research ended: March 2019
“Floating patients” & armchairs Efficient bed-occupancy management in hospital’s emergency rooms by applying queueing theory models
Researchers: Amir Elalouf , Yael Perlman , Uri Yechieli , Jacob Or
Research ended: February 2019
Emergency Medical Services use patterns in life-threatening conditions at the northern part of Israel: Encouraging factors and barriers
Researchers: Yoseph Mekori, Ayala Cohen, Mohammad Khatib, Khaled Awawdi
Research ended: February 2019
From the primary care clinic to the inpatient department and back: Continuity of care and providers
Researchers: Leonid Barksi, Jacob Dreiher, Shlomi Codish, Miriam Kudisz Ovnat
Research ended: February 2019
Doctor-patient communication patterns and their association with utilization of health services and illness perception among patients diagnosed with IBD (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis)
Researchers: Yaacov Bachner , Shmuel Odes , Adi Finkelstein , Doron Shvartz, Eran Israeli
Research ended: February 2019
Health promotion quality among pregnant and postnatal women in Haifa county
Researchers: Shiran Bord, Carmit Satran, Batya Madjar
Research ended: February 2019
The factors that motivate women to continue in-vitro-fertilization treatments following repeated failures: comparison between age groups
Researchers: Yael Benyamini , Ronit Leichtentritt, Maayan Abramov , Einat Shalom-Paz
Research ended: February 2019
Evaluation of the change in payment for inpatient care in Israel from per-diem to activity-based payments, based on hospitals’ and physicians’ activities
Researchers: Ruth Waitzberg, Vadim Perman
Research ended: January 2019
Climate of Personal Initiative, Climate of Openness to Change and Quality of Employee Performance: Does effective implementation of Accreditation in Israel’s hospital contribute to the patient?
Researchers: Isaak Valerie
Research ended: January 2019
The impact of personalized and dynamic information availability on patient feelings (understanding, satisfaction, empowerment, stress) and operational factors (personnel interruption, wait time, abandonment) in Emergency Departments (EDs)
Researchers: Galit Yom-Tov, Anat Rafaeli, Avi Parush, Chen Shapira
Research ended: January 2019