Ilana Brief
Israel
Research Article
Utilization of Health Services by IDF Soldiers and Civilian Population at an Israeli HMO
Author(s): Esti Engelchin-Nissan, Gavirel Catan, Nir Oz, Eyal Arieli, Ilana Brief, Roi Ben Moshe and Amir shmueliEsti Engelchin-Nissan, Gavirel Catan, Nir Oz, Eyal Arieli, Ilana Brief, Roi Ben Moshe and Amir shmueli
Background: Over the past decades we have witnessed an increase in expenditure on health services in the various military systems. One of the ways to curb costs is by means of outsourcing. Based on this idea the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) promoted a project allowing soldiers to receive medical care from a nearby civilian HMO (Meuhedet). The medical basket provided to the soldiers is more extensive than that to civilians, furthermore the soldiers received all the health services they needed from the HMO without copayments.
Objectives: The overall-objective of this study was to examine the consumption of medical services by conscript and standing army soldiers in comparison to that by the civilian population of similar age.
Methods: A retrospective study comparing consumption of medical services between the populati.. View More»
