• Balancing efficiency, equity and feasibility of HIV treatment in South Africa - development of programmatic guidance 

      Baltussen, Rob; Mikkelsen, Evelinn; Tromp, Noor; Hurtig, Anne Karin; Byskov, Jens; Olsen, Øystein Evjen; Bærøe, Kristine; Hontelez, Jan A.; Singh, Jerome; Norheim, Ole Frithjof (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-10-09)
      South Africa, the country with the largest HIV epidemic worldwide, has been scaling up treatment since 2003 and is rapidly expanding its eligibility criteria. The HIV treatment programme has achieved significant results, ...
    • Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries 

      Baltussen, Rob; Omar, Omar Mwalim; Blanchet, Karl; Carballo, Manuel; Eregata, Getachew Teshome; Hailu, Alemayehu; Huda, Maryam; Jama, Mohamed; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Reynolds, Teri; Raza, Wajeeha; Mallender, Jacque; Majdzadeh, Reza (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Many countries around the world strive for universal health coverage, and an essential packages of health services (EPHS) is a central policy instrument for countries to achieve this. It defines the coverage of services ...
    • Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis 

      Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Baltussen, Rob; Johri, Mira; Chisholm, Dan; Nord, Erik; Brock, Dan W.; Carlsson, Per; Cookson, Richard; Daniels, Norman; Danis, Marion; Fleurbaey, Marc; Johansson, Kjell Arne; Kapiriri, Lydia; Littlejohns, Peter; Mbeeli, Thomas; Rao, Krishna D.; Edejer, Tessa Tan-Torres; Wikler, Dan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-08-29)
      This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to health care priority setting and should be ...
    • The use of cost-effectiveness analysis for health benefit package design – should countries follow a sectoral, incremental or hybrid approach? 

      Baltussen, Rob; Surgey, Gavin; Vassall, Anna; Norheim, Ole Frithjof; Chalkidou, Kalipso; Siddiqi, Sameen; Nouhi, Mojtaba; Youngkong, Sitaporn; Jansen, Maarten; Bijlmakers, Leon; Oortwijn, Wija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Countries around the world are increasingly rethinking the design of their health benefit package to achieve universal health coverage. Countries can periodically revise their packages on the basis of sectoral ...