Principles of health benefit packages

Overview

No country in the world is able to provide every health service to everyone. Choices must be made on the path to universal health coverage.  By changing from ad hoc or implicit priority setting and rationing of  services, to systematic, evidence-based and transparent priority setting, countries can substantially improve access to essential  high-quality services,  improve health outcomes, and achieve national and global SDG targets. This note describes eight  guiding principles  when prioritizing and selecting health care services.