Abstract
Beyond the trends in the use of rehabilitative services in response to a new policy and its fiscal incentives, it is important to consider the effectiveness and quality of the services provided to individuals with mental disabilities in Israel. What is known about the outcomes of different rehabilitative services, and what is their value compared to other types of health and mental health services? Can typical health insurance be used to finance such services? These are some of the broader international questions raised by this report on the impact of a new law encouraging rehabilitation services in the community for individuals with psychiatric disabilities.
Highlights
Beyond the trends in the use of rehabilitative services in response to a new policy and its fiscal incentives, it is important to consider the effectiveness and quality of the services provided to individuals with mental disabilities in Israel
Uri Aviram and his colleagues [2], regard the legislation and reform policy as important principally because the newly implemented mental health services in Israel follows an international standard of care, such as the recommendations of a presidential commission in the United States [3] and a standard textbook of psychiatric rehabilitation [4]
Which of the specific services should be encouraged within the mental health system, and which are costeffective even when compared to other potential investments in services within the health care system and more broadly within the social welfare system? 3
Summary
Beyond the trends in the use of rehabilitative services in response to a new policy and its fiscal incentives, it is important to consider the effectiveness and quality of the services provided to individuals with mental disabilities in Israel. The paper “Trends in the use of rehabilitation services in the community by people with mental disabilities in Israel: the factors involved” by Hornik-Lurie, Zilber, and Lerner [1] provides a detailed picture of the pattern of response to a major piece of mental health and social welfare legislation in Israel. The new policy provided an entitlement to a market basket of rehabilitation services for qualified individuals disabled by a mental illness.
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