The Use of Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Designing the Essential Package of Health Services in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Disease Control Priorities 3 (DCP3) project provides long-term support to Pakistan in the development and implementation of its universal health coverage essential package of health services (UHC-EPHS). This paper reports on the priority setting process used in the design of the EPHS during the period 2019-2020, employing the framework of evidence-informed deliberative processes (EDPs), a tool for priority setting with the explicit aim of optimising the legitimacy of decision-making in the development of health benefit packages.

Methods

We planned the six steps of the framework during two workshops in the Netherlands with participants from all DCP3 Pakistan partners (October 2019 and February 2020), who implemented these at the country level in Pakistan in 201

SUBMITTER: Baltussen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10699818 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature