\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrimary care physicians have an important role in encouraging ade- quate cancer screening. Disparities in cancer screening by socioeconomic status (SES) may affect presentation stage and cancer survival. This study aimed to examine whether breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer screening rates in women differed by SES and age, and whether screening rates and SES disparities changed after introduction of a primary care\u2013based national quality indicator program. | 10.2021 \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit\u2026\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Health Disparities Indicators for 2024 \u2013 Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The new data for 2024 include follow-up data for the 2023 report and, for the first time, data on the distribution of selected healthcare services in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Published on: 31\/05\/2026 | \u05dc\u05de\u05e6\u05d2\u05ea<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Nationwide Evaluation of Quality of Care Diabetes Mellitus <\/span>(DM) is more common among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). We <\/span>aimed to assess quality-of-care-indicators in individuals with SMI following <\/span>the 2015 Israel’s Mental-Health-reform. We analyzed yearly changes in 2015-2019 <\/span>of quality-of-care-measures and intermediate-DM-outcomes, with adjustment for <\/span>gender, age-group, and socioeconomic status (SES) and compared individuals with <\/span> SMI to the general adult population. Adults with SMI had higher prevalences of <\/span>DM (odds ratio (OR) = 1.64; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.61-1.67) and <\/span>obesity (OR = 2.11; 95% CI: 2.08-2.13), compared to the general population. DM <\/span> Published on: 11\/09\/2023 | To the Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Pediatric overweight and obesity increased in Israel during the COVID-19 period<\/span> | <\/b>Adam Rose, Eliana Ein Mor, Michal Krieger, Arie Ben-Yehuda, Shoshana Revel-Vilk, Arnon D. Cohen, Eran Matz, Edna Bar-Ratson, Ronen Bareket, Ora Paltiel, Ronit Calderon-Margalit<\/span><\/span><\/p> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Reports from many settings suggest that pediatric overweight and obesity increased in 2020 and 2021, presumably due to lifestyle changes associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these previous reports have relied on convenience samples or subsets of the population. Here, we present results of a longitudinal study of the entire population of Israel, a nation of approximately 9 million people, with the proportion with underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity at age 7 and at age 14\u201315, across the years 2017\u20132021. Our results show that the prevalence of overweight and obesity, which had been steady or improving through 2019, increased relatively quickly in 2020 and 2021. For example, among 7-year-olds, the percentage of children with obesity in 2019 was 6.8% (99% CI: 6.69\u20137.05), and by 2021, it had increased to 7.7% (99% CI: 7.53\u20137.93). There were important disparities in overweight and obesity based on SES; for example, the rate ratio for obesity comparing the poorest with the wealthiest 14\u201315-year-olds in 2019 was 1.63 (99% CI: 1.55\u20131.72). However, these disparities did not change meaningfully in 2020 and 2021, implying that while obesity did become more prevalent, this increase in prevalence was not differential across socioeconomic status. Like many other nations, Israel too experienced considerable increases in pediatric overweight and obesity in 2020\u20132021, erasing the improvements of the previous years among younger children. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
prevalence, DM control, and obesity rates increased over the years in this <\/span>population. In 2019, HbA1c testing was marginally lower (OR = 0.88; 95% CI: <\/span>0.83-0.94) and uncontrolled DM (HbA1c > 9%) slightly more common among <\/span>patients with SMI (OR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.14-1.30), control worsened by <\/span> decreasing SES. After adjustment, uncontrolled DM (adj. OR = 1.02; 95% CI: <\/span>0.96-1.09) was not associated with SMI. Cardio-metabolic morbidity among <\/span>patients with SMI may be related to high prevalences of obesity and DM rather <\/span>than poor DM control. Effective screening for metabolic diseases in this <\/span>population and social reforms are required. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t