Deliberative engagement methods on health care priority-setting in a rural South African community.

ABSTRACT: Public engagement in priority-setting for health is increasingly recognized as a means to ensure more ethical, inclusive and legitimate decision-making processes, especially in the context of Universal Health Coverage where demands outweigh the available resources and difficult decisions need to be made. Deliberative approaches are often viewed as especially useful in considering social values and balancing trade-offs, however, implementation of deliberative engagement tools for priority-setting is scant, especially in low- and middle-income settings. In order to address this gap, we implemented a context-specific public deliberation tool in a rural community in South Africa to determine priorities for a health services package. Qualitative data were analysed from seven group deliberations

SUBMITTER: Tugendhaft A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428615 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature