A framework for explaining the role of values in health policy decision-making in Latin America: a critical interpretive synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although values underpin the goals pursued in health systems, including how health systems benefit the population, it is often not clear how values are incorporated into policy decision-making about health systems. The challenge is to encompass social/citizen values, health system goals, and financial realities and to incorporate them into the policy-making process. This is a challenge for all health systems and of particular importance for Latin American (LA) countries. Our objective was to understand how and under what conditions societal values inform decisions about health system financing in LA countries.

Methods

A critical interpretive synthesis approach was utilised for this work. We searched 17 databases in December 2016 to identify articles written in Eng

SUBMITTER: Velez CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7487839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature