aThe Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research
bSagol Neuroscience Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
cDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
dMaccabi Healthcare Services
eClalit Research Institute, Chief Physician Office, Clalit Health Services, Tel-Aviv
fDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences
gDepartment of Health Systems Management, Faculty of Health Sciences and Guilford-Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva
hMinistry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
Correspondence to Rachel Dankner, MD, MPH, Unit for Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Sheba Medical Center, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel Tel: +972 3 5303923; fax: +972 3 5349607; e-mail: [email protected]