International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Priority Setting on the Path to UHC: Time for Stronger Institutions and Stronger Health Systems: Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Author
Ole F. Norheim
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
10.15171/ijhpm.2019.39
Keywords
Economic Evaluation
Equity
Priority Setting in Health
Theory of Change
Subjects

In response to my editorial,1 I received to my surprise four thoughtful, critical, enthusiastic, and constructive comments and reflections. My original aim was modestly to suggest a Theory of Change (ToC) for translating economic evidence, from the Disease Control Priorities projects and similar sources, to better priority setting within countries... (Read more...)

  1. Norheim OF. Disease control priorities third edition is published: a theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy. Int J Health Policy Manag. 2018;7(9):771-777. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2018.60
  2. Davis A, Walker DG. On the path to UHC - global evidence must go local to be useful: Comment on "Disease control priorities third edition is published: a theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy." Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019;8(3):181-813. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2018.118
  3. Isaranuwatchai W, Li R, Glassman A, Teerawattananon Y, Culye AJ, Chalkidou K. Disease control priorities third edition: time to put a theory of change into practice: Comment on "Disease control priorities third edition is published: a theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy." Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019;8(2):132-135. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2018.115
  4. Woods B, Revill P, Sculpher M, Claxton K. Country-level cost-effectiveness thresholds: initial estimates and the need for further research. Value Health. 2016;19(8):929-935. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2016.02.017
  5. Claxton K, Martin S, Soares M, et al. Methods for the estimation of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence cost-effectiveness threshold. Health Technol Assess. 2015;19(14):1-503. doi:10.3310/hta19140
  6. Nugent R. Reflections on Norheim (2018), disease control priorities third edition is published: Comment on “Disease control priorities third edition is published: a theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy.” Int J Health Policy Manag.  2019;8(6):375-377. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2019.09
  7. Jamison DT, Alwan A, Mock CN, et al. Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition. Lancet. 2018;391(10125):1108-1120. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32906-9
  8. Jha P. The future of disease control priorities: Comment on "Disease control priorities third edition is published: a theory of change is needed for translating evidence to health policy." Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019;8(3):177-180. doi:10.15171/IJHPM.2018.119
  9. Arnold M, Griffin S, Ochalek J, Revill P, Walker S. A one stop shop for cost-effectiveness evidence? Recommendations for improving Disease Control Priorities. Cost Eff Resour Alloc 2019;17:7.
International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 8, Issue 8
August 2019
Pages 511-513

  • Received Date 10 May 2019
  • Revised Date 19 May 2019
  • Accepted Date 20 May 2019
  • First Published Date 01 August 2019
  • Published Date 01 August 2019