Mortality, cancer incidence, and survival in parents after bereavement.

Purpose: The study objective was to investigate whether child loss is related to mortality, cancer incidence, and cancer survival in parents.

Methods: We used a population-based birth cohort (1964-1976) in Jerusalem and ascertained mortality (average follow-up of 39.1 years) and any cancer (average follow-up of 35.

Community healthcare in Israel: quality indicators 2007-2009.

Background: The National Program for Quality Indicators in Community Healthcare in Israel (QICH) was developed to provide policy makers and consumers with information on the quality of community healthcare in Israel. In what follows we present the most recent results of the QICH indicator set for 2009 and an examination of changes that have occurred since 2007.

Methods: Data for 28 quality indicators were collected from all four health plans in Israel for the years 2007-2009.

Birth weight of offspring, maternal pre-pregnancy characteristics, and mortality of mothers: the Jerusalem perinatal study cohort.

Purpose: To explore the association between birth weight in offspring, a marker of the intrauterine environment, and mortality in their mothers, taking into account maternal pre-pregnancy characteristics, including maternal body mass index (BMI), smoking, and socioeconomic status. Distinguishing the effects of offspring's birth weight and pre-pregnancy characteristics on maternal outcome may provide clues regarding mechanisms underlying the association between birth weight and maternal mortality.

Methods: We studied long-term total mortality (average follow-up period, 29.