Institutionalisation is a Vital Element for Fairness of Priority Setting in the Package Design if the Target is Universal Health Coverage; Comment on "Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes for Health Benefits Package Design – Part II: A Practical Guide"

The Evidence-Informed Deliberative Processes (EDPs) guide provides a practical framework for fair priority setting of the Health Benefits Package (HBP) that countries can reasonably use. steps presented in EDPs are applicable prioritising health services designing HBP and consistent with experience countries. However, institutionalisation must be considered an element fairness priority-setting process if aim is to reach broader goals system, such as universal coverage (UHC). Otherwise, might not integrated into formal system or impactful, resulting waste time resources, which unfair. Institutionalisation means formalising desired change embedded so lasts over time. For EPDs, four stages suggested, (1) establishing supportive legal framework, (2) designating governance institutional structure, (3) stipulating processes (4) individual capacity building.