Factors affecting decisions of an HMO Drug Exemptions Committee on individual patient requests for coverage of non-formulary drugs

• Main Authors: Yael Topol (Author), Lior Weiss (Author), Yossi Lomnicky (Author), Inbal Yifrach-Damari (Author), Noa Markovits (Author), Ronen Loebstein (Author), Itai Gueta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Israel, coverage of health needs is delivered by four health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which are budgeted by the government according to the recommendations of the National Drug Formulary (NDF) Committee. For medications not listed in the NDF, individuals may request t...