Is cost-effectiveness analysis preferred to severity of disease as the main guiding principle in priority setting in resource poor settings? The case of Uganda

Table 1 Relative importance of cost-effectiveness and severity of disease: sample results from the qualitative study

Ranks			Groups
	Patients with HIV and Hypertension	General population	Out-patients	Health workers	District planners
1	Severity	Severity	Severity	Severity	Cost of care
2	Cost of care	Number affected	Number affected	Affects children	Effectiveness of treatment
3	Conditions that are difficult to manage	Affects disadvantaged	Community felt problem	Cost of care	Community felt problem
4	Equity	Affects development	Affects children	Number affected	Severity
5	Number affected	Ease of intervention	Gender	Availability of effective treatment	Consequences of problem
6	Equality	Community felt problem	Availability of effective treatment	Benefit of intervention	Ease of intervention
7	Availability of Effective treatment	Cost of care	Equity	Consequences of condition	Affects children
8	Person responsible for cause	Effectiveness of intervention	Preventable	Equity	Affects disadvantaged

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