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.
Exposure to ageism (age-based discrimination) and self-ageism among older adults and its consequence for health behaviors and utilization of health services
Researchers: Liat Ayalon, Ella Cohn-Schwartz
Research ended: December 2021
Cost-effectiveness analysis of various measures to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic
Researchers: Ronen Arbel, Joseph Pliskin
Research ended: November 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 crisis on trust in the healthcare system, national resilience and perceptions towards the Israeli political and administrative system
Researchers: Nissim Cohen, Eran Vigoda-Gadot, Shlomo Mizrahi
Research ended: November 2021
Trends in the prevalence of psycho-behavioral and non-psycho-behavioral chronic medication use within children in Israel between 2010 and 2019: a retrospective study
Researchers: Yair Sadaka, Joseph Meyerovitch, Lior Wolf, Arriel Benis
Research ended: November 2021
Adoption of Medical Technology by the Elderly – Utilization, Attitudes, and the Association with Disability
Researchers: Shirli Resnizky
Research ended: November 2021
To treat or not to treat? Oncologists’ perceptions and experiences regarding overtreatment in end stage cancer patients
Researchers: Moriah Ellen, Pesach Shvartzman, Refael Catane, Wilmosh Mermershtain
Research ended: October 2021
Differences in medication use among community-dwelling elderly survivors of a 50-year cohort study, and their association with morbidity and mortality across various sociodemographic and ethnic groups
Researchers: Rachel Dankner, Angela Chetrit
Research ended: October 2021
Access to ophthalmology services: Exploration of barriers and recommendations for shortening waiting times
Researchers: Rachel Wilf-Miron
Research ended: October 2021
Risk Perception, Emotions, Trust and Risky Decision Making under the Coronavirus Crisis: A Field Study among Health Care Professionals
Researchers: Shosh Shahrabani, Shiran Bord, Hanna Admi
Research ended: October 2021
Preferences and choices of young specialists in the periphery and in the center – the transition from residency to specialist status
Researchers: Adam Rose, Yael Ashkenazi
Research ended: April 2021