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CGD NOTES
June 17, 2024
The implementation of evidence-based medicine (EBM) relies on organizations to identify, develop, and apply evidence-based practices. While healthcare professionals often engage with service providers like hospitals and insurers for EBM implementation, they may be less familiar with organizations fo...
CGD NOTES
June 17, 2024
Countries pursuing universal health coverage must set priorities to determine which benefits to add to a national health prog ram, but the roles that organizations play are less understood. This article investigates the case of the formation of an organization with a mandate for choice of technology...
Blog Post
May 28, 2024
Over the last 10 years, the international Decision Support Initiative (iDSI) has supported countries across Africa and Asia to develop national priority-setting processes. This month, in partnership with 15 iDSI authors, we have published a review of the successes, challenges, and lessons learned du...
POLICY PAPERS
April 15, 2024
Many low- and middle-income countries are projected to spend less on health over the rest of this decade than they did pre-2020. The adage “more health for the money” is more meaningful than ever—but how do we act on it quickly? Disinvesting from low-value health technologies and interventions is on...
WORKING PAPERS
March 27, 2024
The inflow of refugees and their subsequent integration can be an important challenge for both the refugees themselves and the host society. Policy interventions can improve the lives and economic success of refugees and of their communities. In this paper, we review the socioeconomic integration po...
Blog Post
March 27, 2024
When refugees fleeing conflict and persecution arrive in a new country, they need immediate humanitarian support. Shelter, food, safety, and health are rightly considered nonnegotiable priorities by the international community. But once these basic needs are satisfied, how do we promote refugees’ so...
Blog Post
February 26, 2024
As most of the developing world struggles to increase, let alone maintain current levels of domestic health expenditure, getting more health for the money has never been more important. Building robust health technology assessment (HTA) systems to inform governments on which health technologies and ...
CGD NOTES
January 30, 2024
As policymakers in protracted refugee situations shift from short-term humanitarian responses to longer-term development support, it is critical to identify effective approaches for allocating scarce resources. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on livelihood programs for refugees annually, y...
Blog Post
October 23, 2023
In times of mounting debt, the quest for universal health coverage (UHC) faces critical challenges. Rising debt has far-reaching effects, including reduced access to financing, political instability, and decreased spending on international aid. The burden of debt, coupled with high inflation, is thr...
Blog Post
August 03, 2023
No healthcare system has an unlimited budget, and policy makers everywhere must balance demand for new health services with finite resources. Priority setting systems, often in the form of health technology assessment (HTA), can help evaluate whether health services provide good value for the money...