As healthcare resources become increasingly scarce due to growing demand and stagnating budgets, the need for effective priority setting and resource allocation will become ever more critical to providing sustainable care to
patients. While societal values should certainly play a part in guiding these processes, the methodology used to
capture these values need not necessarily be limited to multi-criterion decision analysis (MCDA)-based processes
including ‘evidence-informed deliberative processes.’ However, if decision-makers intend to not only incorporates
the values of the public they serve into decisions but have the decisions enacted as well, consideration should be
given to more direct involvement of stakeholders. Based on the examples provided by Baltussen et al, MCDA-based
processes like ‘evidence-informed deliberative processes’ could be one way of achieving this laudable goal.