Comment: From universal health coverage to right care for health - The Lancet

"What is right care? In its simplest definition it is care that weighs up benefits and harms, is patient-centred (taking individual circumstances, values, and wishes into account), and is informed by evidence, including cost-effectiveness." p.1.

Kleinert, S. & Horton, R. (2016). From universal health coverage to right care for health. The Lancet. Published Online January 8, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32588-0

How can we reflect upon universal health coverage and 'right care'?

individual

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INTERPERSONAL : SCIENCES

humanistic -------------------------------------------  mechanistic

SOCIOLOGY : POLITICAL

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group-population

harm to the individual wishes values patient (person) centered	information resources harm - benefit ratios unnecessary care over diagnosis
beliefs community leaders harm to the community social benefits human relationships	Universal health coverage cost   finances organisations power policy

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