Universal Health Coverage, Priority Setting, and the Human Right to Health
The Lancet, vol. 390, issue 10095, p. 712-14, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30931-5.
6 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Benedict Rumbold
University College London
Rachel Backer
Glasgow Caledonian University
Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz
King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law
Sarah Hawkes
University College London
Carleigh Krubiner
Johns Hopkins University - Berman Institute of Bioethics
Peter Littlejohns
King’s College School of Medicine
Ole Frithjof Norheim
University of Bergen
Thomas Pegram
University College London
Annett Rid
King’s College London
Sridhar Venkatapuram
King’s College London
Alex Voorhoeve
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)
Daniel Wang
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo
Albert Weale
University College London - Department of Political Science
James Wilson
University College London
Alicia Ely Yamin
Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics; Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Partners in Health; Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) - Center on Law and Social Transformation; Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Pau Hunt
University of Essex
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Universal Health Coverage, Priority Setting and the Human Right to Health
Date Written: April 26, 2017
Abstract
Following endorsement by WHO, the World Bank, and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the drive towards universal health coverage (UHC) is now one of the most prominent global health policies. As countries progress towards UHC, they are forced to make difficult choices about how to prioritise health issues and expenditure: which services to expand first, whom to include first, and how to shift from out-of-pocket payment towards prepayment. Building on extensive philosophical literature on the ethics of priority setting in health care, a 2014 WHO report provided guidance about how states can resolve these issues. However, policy makers face a further question largely left unanswered by the report: how do states’ moral and legal obligations regarding the right to health fit with their obligations to set health priorities fairly?
Keywords: universal health coverage
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Benedict Rumbold
University College London ( email )
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Rachel Backer
Glasgow Caledonian University ( email )
City Campus
Cowcaddens Road
Glasgow G4 0BA, Scotland
United Kingdom
Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz
King's College London - The Dickson Poon School of Law ( email )
Somerset House East Wing
Strand
London, WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom
Sarah Hawkes
University College London ( email )
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Carleigh Krubiner
Johns Hopkins University - Berman Institute of Bioethics ( email )
1809 Ashland Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21205
United States
Peter Littlejohns
King’s College School of Medicine ( email )
London
United Kingdom
Ole Frithjof Norheim
University of Bergen ( email )
Muséplassen 1
N-5008 Bergen, +47 55 58
Norway
Thomas Pegram
University College London ( email )
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Annett Rid
King’s College London ( email )
Strand
London, England WC2R 2LS
United Kingdom
Sridhar Venkatapuram
King’s College London ( email )
United Kingdom
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Alex Voorhoeve
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) ( email )
Houghton Street
London, WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom
Daniel Wang (Contact Author)
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School at São Paulo ( email )
São Paulo
Brazil
Albert Weale
University College London - Department of Political Science ( email )
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London, WC1H 9QU
United Kingdom
James Wilson
University College London ( email )
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom
Alicia Ely Yamin
Harvard University - Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics ( email )
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Cambridge, MA 02155
United States
Harvard University - Harvard Law School ( email )
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Partners in Health ( email )
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United States
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) - Center on Law and Social Transformation ( email )
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Bergen, NO-5892
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Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health ( email )
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