Purpose: An increasing number of international and domestic armed conflicts, including terror attacks on civilians, along with constrained healthcare finance and resource limitation, has made a civilian-military collaboration (CMC) crucial. The purpose of this study was to identify facilitators and constrainers in CMC in a national perspective with a specific focus on medical aspects.
Method: A literature review of recently published papers about civilian-military collaboration, along with a short survey, was conducted. For the review, major search engines were used.
Results: The results indicated many facilitators, but few important constrainers with a high impact on the outcome. The conducted survey indicated discrepancies between the needs and resources.
Conclusion: The current global and domestic security threats and challenges, make CMC critical and inevitable. However, there is a need for careful analysis of its consequences, impact, possibilities, and limitations to differentiate between our expectations and the current reality.
Keywords: Civilian; Collaboration; Constrainers; Facilitators; Healthcare; Military.