COURSE: WHAT TO PRIORITIZE IN HEALTH AND AT WHAT COST?
Today, all countries in the world face the enormous challenge of making efficient use of their resources to address the endless health needs of their population.
To help in this endeavor, at the IDB we have had the privilege of bringing together the world's leading experts in explicit prioritization policies and drug price regulation, who have provided their insights on how countries can improve decision-making processes on what to finance in health and at what price. This course is the result of 10 years of experience from the Criteria Network in generating knowledge around improving the efficiency of public health spending.
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What will you learn?
- Principles to consider in the design and implementation of explicit prioritization policies in health
- Identify instruments to obtain more affordable drug prices
- Lessons learned from countries that have implemented some of these measures
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Who is the course for?
Decision-makers, academics, and citizens interested in how governments can improve decision-making processes on what to finance in health and at what price.
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In what modality is it taught?
It is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) published on the edX platform. Access is free.
BOOK WHAT TO COVER AND WHAT NOT?
We invite you to review this Spanish edition of the book What to cover and what not?, from the Center for Global Development, which accompanies our course What to finance in health and at what price?
What to cover and what not? How to design benefit plans to achieve universal health coverage?
This book is the result of many years of effort by distinguished academics, top professionals, and policymakers from around the world. It constitutes the first guide to address one of the most overlooked practical, methodological, and moral aspects on the path that countries must take towards universal health coverage (UHC): This guide arrives at the right time" (Lord Darzi of Denham and Kalipso Chalkidou, in the Foreword).