Table 2 Description of the “Accountability for Reasonableness” conditions
Condition | *As described | **As applied in this study |
|---|---|---|
Relevance | Rationales must rest on evidence, reasons, and principles that all fair-minded parties can agree | Assessing the use of evidence, principles or criteria to stand the decisions taken during the priority setting process |
Publicity | Decisions and their rationales must be publicly accessible | Assessing the access of the defined priority agenda and its public discussion previous to its official approval |
Revision | Mechanism for revising decisions in light of further evidence or arguments | Assessing the agenda reevaluation and actualization following external or internal discussion/evaluation |
Enforcement | A process to ensure that the first three conditions are met | Assessing the leaders engagement for the accomplishment of the previous conditions |