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Table 1 Criteria for priority setting

From: Ethical priority setting for universal health coverage: challenges in deciding upon fair distribution of health services

Accepted criteria

Unacceptable criteria

Contested criteria

Cost-effectiveness

Gender

Size of the population affected (rarity)

Priority to the worse-off

Race

Size of the benefit (very small benefits are ‘irrelevant’)

Financial risk protection

Ethnicity

Age

 

Religion

Responsibility for own health

 

Sexual orientation

 
 

Social status

 
 

Area of residence