TY - JOUR
T1 - What the United States could learn from Israel about improving the quality of health care
AU - Rosen, Bruce
AU - Pawlson, L. Gregory
AU - Nissenholtz, Rachel
AU - Benbassa, Jochanan
AU - Porath, Avi
AU - Chassin, Mark R.
AU - Landon, Bruce E.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - In 1999 Israel began to implement a system for monitoring quality of care in its health plans. That system was based largely on a similar system in the United States that, until recently, was associated with steady improvements in performance. However, in recent years health plan quality in the United States appears to have reached a plateau. In contrast, health plans in Israel have continued to show improvements on many of the same measures. Between 2005 and 2007 they achieved a gain of 6.7 percent in nine measures of primary care quality, while US performance on these measures declined. These gains were achieved, in part, through intense cooperation among health plans and physicians. Israel is a much smaller country and differs greatly from the United States in how it finances health care. Nonetheless, we suggest that the Israeli experience could help the United States accelerate the move toward quality improvement-for example, through increased coordination among US employers, health plans, physicians, and physician groups.
AB - In 1999 Israel began to implement a system for monitoring quality of care in its health plans. That system was based largely on a similar system in the United States that, until recently, was associated with steady improvements in performance. However, in recent years health plan quality in the United States appears to have reached a plateau. In contrast, health plans in Israel have continued to show improvements on many of the same measures. Between 2005 and 2007 they achieved a gain of 6.7 percent in nine measures of primary care quality, while US performance on these measures declined. These gains were achieved, in part, through intense cooperation among health plans and physicians. Israel is a much smaller country and differs greatly from the United States in how it finances health care. Nonetheless, we suggest that the Israeli experience could help the United States accelerate the move toward quality improvement-for example, through increased coordination among US employers, health plans, physicians, and physician groups.
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U2 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0061
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0061
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C2 - 21471499
AN - SCOPUS:79955642448
SN - 0278-2715
VL - 30
SP - 764
EP - 772
JO - Health Affairs
JF - Health Affairs
IS - 4
ER -