Table 1 Priority-setting criteria to be considered in conjunction with cost-effectiveness results
Group 1: disease and intervention criteria | |
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Criteria | Question |
Severity | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because of the severity of the health condition (present and future health gap) that the intervention targets? |
Realization of potential | Have you considered whether the intervention has more value than the effect size alone suggests on the grounds that it does the best possible for a patient group for whom restoration to full health is not possible? |
Past health loss | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it targets a group that has suffered significant past health loss (e.g. chronic disability)? |
Group 2: criteria related to characteristics of social groups | |
Criteria | Question |
Socioeconomic status | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it can reduce disparities in health associated with unfair inequalities in wealth, income or level of education? |
Area of living | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it can reduce disparities in health associated with area of living? |
Gender | Have you considered whether the intervention will reduce disparities in health associated with gender? |
Race, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation | Have you considered whether the intervention may disproportionally affect groups characterized by race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation? |
Group 3: criteria related to protection against the financial and social effects of ill health | |
Criteria | Question |
Economic productivity | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it enhances welfare to the individual and society by protecting the target population’s productivity? |
Care for others | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it enhances welfare by protecting the target population’s ability to take care of others? |
Catastrophic health expenditures | Have you considered whether the intervention has special value because it reduces catastrophic health expenditures for the target population? |