​Central

The central government is responsible for:

• Ensuring the health of the population of Israel;
• Policy and national strategies;
• Supervision and control and coordination of the health system’s services;
• Organisation and operation and provision of preventive medicine, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation and research services, either directly or via medical institutions;
• Hospitalization and emergency services;
• Insurance for the population in matters of mental health, geriatrics, public health and rehabilitation devices;
• Improvement of the diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative and preventive medical service;
• Reducing health gaps between different societal groups;
• Strengthening the network of community health services;
• Ensuring an optimum level of medical and health services;
• Promotion of medical research;
• Promotion of Health and Prevention;
• Promotion of an involved, erudite public on health matters and fostering of an atmosphere conducive to its inclusion in the determination and implementation of health policy;
• Inclusion of mental health in the overall health concept
• Promotion of health services for senior citizens through emphasis on home and community treatment.

Local

Most health services at the local level are family practices with state-aid or privately run health providers. No voluntary or mandatory powers at the local level could be identified.
Community-based providers associated with health plans are centrally managed.

Sources:

WHO, Israel, Health System Review