Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Health Care Interventions in Meskanena Mareko Wereda, Ethiopia

Towards a multi‐criteria approach for priority setting: an application to Ghana

“…This may relate to decisions when more resources become available, but also to the reallocation of resources within the existing budget [4]. Developing countries have increasing experience with explicit rationing of health care, as manifested by studies in East Africa (Eritrea, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania), Northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco and Tunis), and India (Andra Pradesh) [5][6][7]. Typically, these processes are based on a combination of cost-effectiveness and burden of disease information, but recently many other criteria have also been put forward, including medical criteria (such as severity of disease) and non-medical criteria (such as patient age) [8,9].…”

Priority setting of public spending in developing countries: Do not try to do everything for everybody

“…Developing countries have increasing experience with explicit rationing of health care, as manifested by studies in East Africa, Northern Africa and India [13][14][15]. Typically, these processes are based on a combination of cost-effectiveness and burden of disease information, but recently many other criteria have also been put forward, including medical criteria (such as treatment effectiveness) and non-medical criteria (such as patient age) [16,17].…”