Towards Effective Chronic Case Management : Improving the Efficiency of Outside Medical Referrals in West Bank and Gaza
The Palestinian health system suffers from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the disease burden is attributable to N...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099050003292220485/P17354106933170e08f75037bb896706d0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37264 |
| Summary: | The Palestinian health system suffers
from chronic challenges related to protracted conflict and
limited health system inputs, coupled with a high burden of
non-communicable diseases (NCD). Over 75 percent of the
disease burden is attributable to NCD, particularly cancers,
diabetes, cardiovascular, and cerebrovascular diseases.
While this burden is not particularly different from
comparable middle-income settings, the Palestinian health
system is not able to effectively control this burden due to
its unique political and economic context. Over the past two
decades, the health system has evolved to have more of a
focus on curative interventions at the hospital level, with
less of a priority accorded to preventive interventions at
the population level. At the same time, due to financial and
governance constraints, the government has not been able to
effectively respond to this burden, which necessitates
moving towards a patient-centered, integrated model. |
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