Global health priority-setting : beyond cost-effectiveness / edited by Ole F. Norheim, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Joseph Millum ; associate editors, Dean T. Jamison [and four others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Tore Godal -- Part I. Four Perspectives on Priority Setting in Global Health, Section Editor: Ezekiel Emanuel -- A Donor Country Perspective / Ezekiel Emanuel -- A Developing Country Perspective / Addis Tamire Woldemariam -- Priorities at the Bedside: Experiences of Catastrophic Health Expenditures in Ethiopia / Ingrid Miljeteig, Addisu Melkie, Frehiwot Berhane, Ermias Dessie, Kristine H. Onarheim -- What Really Sets Priorities? Method, Context, and Perspective from 150 Years of Priority Setting / Jesse Bump -- Part II. Four Systematic Approaches to Priority Setting, Section editors: Stéphane Verguet and Dean T. Jamison -- Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Jeremy Lauer, Melanie Bertram, Alec Morton -- Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Stéphane Verguet, Solomon Memirie, Mieraf Taddesse, Dean T. Jamison -- Benefit-Cost Analysis / Lisa Robinson, James Hammitt -- Social Welfare Functions / Matthew Adler -- Part III. Distributional Concerns, Section editors: Ole F. Norheim and Trygve Ottersen -- Why Health-Related Inequalities Matter and Which Ones Do / Alex Voorhoeve -- Inequality in Survival / Dean T. Jamison, Julian C. Jamison, Ole F. Norheim, Stéphane Verguet -- Incorporating Distributional Concerns into Practical Tools for Priority Setting / Ole F. Norheim, Trygve Ottersen, Mieraf Taddesse Tolla, Solomon Memirie, Kjell Arne Johansson -- Part IV. Reconceptualizing Outcomes, Section editors: Kjell Arne Johansson and Joseph Millum -- The Case for Valuing Non-Health and Indirect Benefits / Govind Persad, Jess du Toit -- Discounting Future Health / Hilary Greaves -- Age and the Disvalue of Death / Joseph Millum, Espen Gamlund, Emery Ngamasana, Carl Tollef Solberg -- Part V. Process and Practice, Section editor: Jennifer Prah Ruger -- Building institutions for priority-setting: Recommendations from a Center for Global Development Working Group / Amanda Glassman, Kalipso Chalkidou, Ursula Giedion, Yot Teerawattananon -- The Role of Public Engagement in Priority Setting / Matthew McCoy, Harald Schmidt, Jennifer Prah Ruger, Marion Danis -- Setting Priorities in the Pursuit of Universal Health Coverage / Trygve Ottersen, Ole Frithjof Norheim -- Part VI. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? -- The Future of Priority Setting in Global Health / Trygve Ottersen, Joseph Millum, Jennifer Prah Ruger, Stéphane Verguet, Kjell Arne Johansson, Ezekiel Emanuel, Dean Jamison, Ole F. Norheim

Global health is at a crossroads. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has come with ambitious targets for health and health services worldwide. To reach these targets, many more billions of dollars need to be spent on health. However, development assistance for health has plateaued and domestic funding on health in most countries is growing at rates too low to close the financing gap.

National and international decision-makers face tough choices about how scarce health care resources should be spent. Should additional funds be spent on primary prevention of stroke, treating childhood cancer, or expanding treatment for HIV/AIDS? Should health coverage decisions take into account the effects of illness on productivity, household finances, and children's educational attainment, or just focus on health outcomes? Does age matter for priority setting or should it be ignored? Are health gains far in the future less important than gains in the present? Should higher priority be given to people who are sicker or poorer?