The National Program for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare aims to provide the public and policymakers with information on the quality of medical care provided by health plans (kupot cholim) in various fields, with the aim of improving the medical services provided to Israeli residents.
To achieve this goal, the program annually publishes national-level results for a series of quality indicators of community healthcare. This monitoring enables the assessment of trends in care quality over time and helps identify areas requiring intervention and improvement, both in information systems and data collection, as well as in the delivery of healthcare services.
Starting in 2023, a Health Disparities Report was published for the first time as part of the National Health Disparities Program. The report, which is based on data from 2021, presents trends in selected indicators by socioeconomic status and by district of residence.
The data presented here is made possible through the valuable collaboration of the four health plans (Kupot Cholim) and funding from the Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research.
The program’s measures are divided into nine categories and are carefully selected, based on expertise and international literature, in consultation with clinical expert teams, and through consensus among health fund representatives in the program’s steering committee. The calculation of the measures undergoes rigorous internal and external quality control processes.
The National Program for Quality Indicators for Community Medicine publishes data each year that allows for the examination of compliance with quality indicators in a particular year, as well as the assessment of gaps by gender, age, socioeconomic status, and region.
The year 2024, a year of struggle that brings with it challenges and struggles for both medical teams and insured people. This year, negative and positive trends were observed in quality indicators.
The upward trend in adult obesity continued and worsening diabetes imbalances were observed. In addition, influenza vaccination rates among at-risk populations and the elderly remained low.
However, despite the many difficulties, a number of positive and encouraging trends were observed. There was an increase in cancer coverage and a reduction in social gaps, an improvement in the treatment rate after a hip fracture was reported, a continued increase in the treatment rate for diabetic patients with kidney damage, and an increase in cholesterol balance in heart disease patients was observed. All data is published on the website and can be viewed, and the main findings are summarized in the annual presentation.
The new 2024 data include follow-up data from the 2023 report and, for the first time, present data on the availability and geographic distribution of selected community healthcare services.
Cancer Screening:
Children and Adolescents
Diabetes
Accessibility of Healthcare:
The accessibility of healthcare services per 100,000 residents varies across districts and areas of medicine:
All data are available in the presentation and will be included shortly in the Health Disparities Report.
The National Program for Quality Indicators for Community Medicine publishes data each year that allows for the examination of compliance with quality indicators in a particular year, as well as the assessment of gaps by gender, age, socioeconomic status, and region.
Following the events of October 7th, and the Iron Swords War, starting in 2023, the production of the program’s indicators includes the Western Negev cluster as a separate region. The rates by residential district can be seen on the maps’ publications page or in the annual presentation.
In the near future, we will publish a Health Disparities Report for 2022-2023, which will examine changes in rates of performance on the measures over time, gaps by population group (Arab, Haredi, and other), and for the first time, a regional analysis including separate figures for the Gaza Envelope.
Selected quality indicators are presented in a geographical segmentation into 20 districts according to the insured’s residential address.
The maps can be viewed in various areas and by choice here.
