6. Hamdan, M., Defever, M. and Abdeen, Z. Organizing Health Care Within Political Turmoil: the Palestinian Case. International Journal of Health Planning and Management 2003; 18,1: 63–87.

 Palestinians were given control over their own health services in late 1994. Since then they have been facing the challenge of reorganizing disordered health services into a cohesive, regulated and sustainable health care system. This paper focuses on the experience of organizing health care during political instability. It considers the ways that health care is currently provided and funded in the Palestinian Territories. The patterns of accessibility to health care services in terms of insurance coverage and provision (physical allocation) of services are discussed. Finally, the major health care policy changes in this transitional period are examined. The methods used in this paper are based on exhaustive documentary revision, and consultation with key informants.