Box 5: Evidence drives expansion of the benefi ts package
The Benefi t Package Subcommittee of the UCS was set up to ensure
a d e q u a t e a c c e s s t o s e r v i c e s a n d t o c o n s i d e r t h e i n c l u s i o n
of new interventions. Technological advances and the proliferation
o f n e w m e d i c i n e s , d i a g n o s t i c s a n d i n t e r v e n t i o n s c a l l e d f o r
the introduction of a systematic and transparent mechanism
to decide which interventions would be covered in the package.
At the request of the Subcommittee, a major review of international