@article{e522ad1ec927477dbf908432a0edfd65,
title = "Universal health coverage, priority setting and the human right to health",
abstract = "As health policy-makers around the world seek to make progress towards universal health coverage they must navigate between two important ethical imperatives: to set national spending priorities fairly and efficiently; and to safeguard the right to health. These imperatives can conflict, leading some to conclude that rights-based approaches present a disruptive influence on health policy, hindering states{\textquoteright} efforts to set priorities fairly and efficiently. Here, we challenge this perception. We argue first that these points of tension stem largely from inadequate interpretations of the aims of priority setting as well as the right to health. We then discuss various ways in which the right to health complements traditional concerns of priority setting and vice versa. Finally, we set out a three-step process by which policy-makers may navigate the ethical and legal considerations at play.",
keywords = "health coverage, health economics, universal health coverage",
author = "Benedict Rumbold and Rachel Baker and Octavio Ferraz and Sarah Hawkes and Carleigh Krubiner and Peter Littlejohns and Norheim, {Ole Frithjof} and Thomas Pegram and Annette Rid and Sridhar Venkatapuram and Alex Voorhoeve and Daniel Wang and Albert Weale and James Wilson and {Ely Yamin}, Alicia and Paul Hunt",
note = "Acceptance email in SAN AAM: 6 months embargo Funding acknowledgement: This article is the result of a workshop on universal health coverage, priority setting and the human right to health, drawing together researchers from a wide variety of disciplines including philosophy, law, health economics, political science and global health. The roundtable was funded by the Wellcome Trust Ethics and Society Panel and held at 8 University College London on 25th-26th June, 2015. Ole Frithjof Norheim{\textquoteright}s participation was funded by NORAD through the grant Priorities in Global Health 2020.",
year = "2017",
month = apr,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30931-5",
language = "English",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}