Who should receive publicly funded care, and why? This course provides practical, stepwise guidance on using evidence-informed deliberative processes (EDPs) as a governance framework for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and priority setting in the design or revision of a country’s health benefit package.
Countries everywhere face difficult trade-offs on the path toward universal health coverage (UHC). HTA offers the analytical tools to assess the value of health services in a systematic and transparent way. Adaptive HTA ensures that these methods are feasible in settings with limited data, time, or institutional capacity. But analysis alone is not enough.
EDPs provide the structure for making fair and legitimate decisions. They combine the use of explicit criteria, such as cost-effectiveness, equity, financial protection, and feasibility, with structured stakeholder deliberation. By engaging policymakers, technical experts, clinicians, patients, and civil society, EDPs help translate technical evidence into recommendations that are credible, transparent, and broadly accepted.
The course is interactive and practice-oriented. Participants will reflect on their own context and learn how to embed EDPs within HTA systems to strengthen legitimate decision-making toward UHC.
Learning objectives
After this course you are able to:
- Explain the concepts of HTA, UHC and evidence-informed deliberative processes;
- Mention best practices of HTA for benefit package design; and
- Apply the concept of HTA and EDPs to your own context.
